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| 12 September 2009 (USA)
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A man wakes up in a white empty room, with nothing apart from strange "buttons". He needs to push the correct buttons in order to get what he wants.

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Develiker

terrible... so disappointed.

UnowPriceless

hyped garbage

Robert Joyner

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

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Jemima

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

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sweepmoggy-74162

parallel stories , one in Mexico where nothing much happens until a funny fight scene that's linked to the other story.. a man in a white box pressing white penis buttons , some good gags & some arty pointless scenes especially after the funny fight scene. fun to watch in parts but half of it is artsy dull stuff

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Atavisten

Comparisons to El Topo and 2001 A Space Oddysey are counter-productive with regards to this movie. It has the surreality and meta-physicality of neither, nor is it as well put together as those two. This is a bizarre comedy, nothing more. As such it's quite entertaining at parts.A guy in a dreadful yellow and green pajama finds himself in a white room totally empty except for some strange bumps in the walls. What follows here will keep you laughing long after the movie finishes.The director Mattchan is a man with a lot of ideas, some of them good, some of them not. For instance, the parallel stories serve almost no purpose (at least successfully).

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Seemp deHond

Two stories get combined here. Well actually they don't and that get's disturbing at some point. Like someone is flipping the channels for you. How ever beautiful visuals and that why the 7 rating.The storyline of the Mexican wrestler is so Nacho Libre like and overdone it doesn't contribute. Appearantly it had to be something very opposite to the Japanese man in the room. That storyline is fascinating and on it's own it could have been a good movie. Because the stories get 'connected' in the last few minutes there is no building up. The plot is so childish. Is this all they could come up with, a slapstick? An extended neck to win a fight? Why not leave that storyline out all together, seriously.

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dbborroughs

The best thing to do is find the trailer for this film on line and watch it. If it at all looks interesting see this film. If it doesn't run away.Bizarre head trip film links two seemingly unconnected stories, that of a man trapped in a white room and the tale of a Mexican wrestler. How they relate is revealed toward the end of the film, until then its a weird mix of philosophy and dry humor.The choice with this film is either to go all in and wait for the end of the film or not to watch it. If you start the film and bail you'll do so before the film pulls it all together into a neat bunch. Bailing will make you miss the AH HA moments at the end (not to mention so painfully funny (I hurt myself) bits toward the end. To really decide about this film you have to buy the ticket and ride to the end.One of the better films screened at this years New York Asian Film festival this film confounded some people who couldn't wait to see where it was all going. Normally I get impatient myself but it was clear that this film was going somewhere...it just wasn't going to tell you until you got there. I threw my desire to squirm away and I just went with it and I was richly rewarded.If you can go with a comedy that is like El Topo Meets 2001 meets Nacho Libre meets a routine by Steven Wright or Eddie Izzard then see this film. If you can't stay with it for 90 plus minutes don't even start the film.

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