The Perfect Sleep (2009)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Jeremy Alter

Writer:

Anton Pardoe (writer)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Against the backdrop of a noirish dreamscape, a tortured man returns to the city he swore he would never return to...

Plot Keywords:

Masochist | Title Spoken By Narrator | Drug Addicted Doctor | Sadistic Doctor | Revenge Motive

Cast

Anton Pardoe	...	The Narrator
Roselyn Sanchez	...	Porphyria
Patrick Bauchau	...	Nikolai
Peter J. Lucas	...	Ivan
Tony Amendola	...	Dr. Sebastian
Sam Thakur	...	The Rajah
Dominiquie Vandenberg	...	Keller
Cameron Daddo	...	Rogozhin
Michael Paré	...	Officer Pavlovich
Isaac C. Singleton Jr.	...	Gregor
John Fleck	...	Van Heflin
Dmitri S. Boudrine	...	Kolya
Anthony Dilio	...	Walter (as Anthony Dee)
Keith Allan	...	The Doctor
Pavel Lychnikoff	...	Vassily (as Pasha Lynchnikoff)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, some language and brief drug use.

Runtime:

Germany:99 min (European Film Market)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Unified Pictures

Goofs:

Continuity: At about ten minutes and eighteen seconds into the film, The Narrator is awoken by a car horn outside the "warehouse". He gets up, on his knees, using the cane for support. Then the camera switches to a shot of Walter laying on the ground, his cane visible and also lying on the ground. In the next shot, Walter's cane is in The Narrator's hand again.

Quotes:

Ivan: You know that the younger man referred to you as the "mad monk"? I believe it to be an apt choice. Not so much because of your stubborn resistance to death and injuries, but because of the unusually painful methods that you have chosen to express your "worship".

Soundtrack:

The Haunted Theater

Make it to the end and win a prize.

This was such a terrible film, almost a comedy sketch of a noir film.The budget was low compared to a blockbuster, but still higher than most.But its where they've decided to cut costs that is totally weird.Some actors are at least competent, while others look like they just been dragged off the street.One of them being the lead actor, hes so very bad that i cringed when ever he said anything (he talks through the ENTIRE movie).Then there's the weird costume choices.At the start of the movie all characters are wearing 1930's clothes.They drive a classic car, but the background is a modern day windfarm thats blatantly state of the art.And the costumes and some settings continue to follow this 30's film noir theme.Then BAM in drives a brand new escalade with 24 inch rims....WTF.Same thing again when a guy has a night scope on his rifle, you get a shot down its sight.Hes aiming at a guy with an mp5 and tactical gear on.In a even stranger contrast the locations are brilliant, and seem to have cost more than the rest of the entire film.The camera shots/angles a very good, and show these locations brilliantly in the scenes.The director has a keen eye for a good looking single shot, but no idea how to do much else.

People who should be shot for this film▼

The writer The director The casting agent The costume designer

People who should be tortured to death for their monotone, monotonous nails on chalk board voice.▼

Anton Pardoe- the lead actor, writer, producer If you ever seen the movie Hostel, i wish that would happen to this guy, but he doesn't escape.