The Tesseract (2005)

Powerful

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

I've read the novel before knowing that it was already made into film. I was so glad actually. I was also shocked to learn that the plot was set in Thailand where in fact the novel's setting was in Manila, Philippines - that's why the names of some characters were Filipino (Rosa, Lita,...) I'm thinking now that the movie did not fully gave justice to the original novel. Was it because the director and producer were not Filipino or American? I know we've got the choice of selecting the location (just like the THE GREAT RAID movie) but to alter the content of the story is something not proper. What's your comment Mr. Garland? I don't know why you allow such changes? To those who just watched the movie, you may also opt to read the novel and find out the difference - there's got a lot of difference. Bet, you would say that you only wasted your money for the movie.

Oxide Pang's adaptation of Alex Garland's novel, The Tesseract, employs every visual trick in the book to disguise the lack of strong narrative. However, the glossy veneer soon wears thin, revealing a rather dull story which ultimately fails to impress.Jonathan Rhys-Meyers plays a desperate drug runner embroiled in a deal that goes wrong, when his consignment mysteriously goes missing. The tale is told in a non-linear fashion that at first confuses but eventually becomes clearer to those viewers that stay the distance. The problem is that director Pang leaves it too late in the day to start filling in the blanks, by which time all but the most patient will have given up watching.The film does get marginally better towards the end – but is it really worth the wait?

Hollywood could take some pointers from this film.If you like different, this film you will love. Although a bit hard to follow at times and slow in some sections. This film is ,a for sure watch. Action similar to the matrix but more real and adds greatly to the creativity of this film.In a nut shell it show cases the finality of cause and effect in an action packed, Bangkok themed , drug lord filled,children wonderfully included, foreign but domestic , thought provoking film. Oh and the most creatively shot sex scene you'll ever have the pleasure of watching.This one I will for sure give a second watch and there are not a lot of films made today that rate that well.

. . . that word would have to be "ack." Too danged artsy, trying too hard to be "avante garde." Stop action photography, cut frames effects, more darkness than a barrel full of--well, darkness, and the pastiest bunch of people I've seen in a long while. Sad thing is, it's a fair story, with some solidly laudable acting (and some solidly BAD, too).Memento worked because it followed a linear pattern, even if that pattern was reversed. "Tesseract" leaps all over the place, leaving folks with that head scratching, pause-button-hitting sense of "huh?" Sure, you can figure it out, but do you really want to spend the whole movie figuring out time line instead of enjoying the film?Unless that's your sort of gig . . .In all? Ton of potential here, not much of it realized.