CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Murphy Howard I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Leofwine_draca A so-so thriller which starts off brilliantly and yet come the end, has bombarded us with so many clichéd plot twists and frankly stupid explanations as to the motives of the characters that it quickly becomes unbelievable and almost unwatchable. The first half hour, though, is great entertainment, with Mel Gibson taking his psychotic persona from the LETHAL WEAPON films one step further in his manic portrayal of a conspiracy theorist.In fact, it is Gibson's presence which makes this film shine and he is perfectly cast - I don't think any other of today's actors would fit the role as well as he. Julia Roberts is the love interest, and she is, well...Julia Roberts. I may be biased but I really do hate that woman. Patrick Stewart lends sinister support as the chief villain, but he never really does anything that villainous, he just walks around and looks mean.What this film is worth watching for are some surprisingly insane set pieces, such as the moment where Gibson torches his entire apartment, or the bit where he flees from the bad guys while strapped to a wheelchair! There are a few good action bits as well, but nothing spectacular. For an interesting spin on the old action formula, this is worth watching, even if only for Gibson.

hudemerges First I have to tell you: This is one of the most great film ever. But I didn't feel that way at the first watch. The thing is, I saw this film about a 100 times. And I always found new things, hidden things, or just too obvious to spot things in there. I will not start to explain it here, but I'm sure they worked very hard to put together the scenes. Many objects have its own meaning (for example the taxi badge in last scene), and these are not explained in the speeches, you just have to look very carefully. And the rest? The actors made their best. The scenes well developed, the fast and slow scenes have a good rhythmic. The music is perfect for this film. The humor? I found this film funny all the 100 times, so it have to be damn good. And the story? Well, I read the comments here, and I found out, somebody got some familiar ideas. There are many storyline collide in here. But the main story (a mentally injured man try to hold the last bit of his sanity by his love) is great. I understand this is not a technically great film, and there are not raining aliens from every corner, there are no hills of bullets, but you have to feel the pressure of the unknown enemy. We didn't know, how Jerry (Mel Gibson) was applied for the brainwashing program in the first place, but you can feel, it could be you or anyone else. Jerry just a normal guy, and he has no special skills. That makes him so likable. About Alice Sutton (Julia Roberts) plays very nicely. And about the evil, representing by Dr. Jonas (Patrick Stewart), well... The film mostly follow Jerry, and lot of time Alice, and rarely we watch someone else, like as a gunmen of the evil organization, or something like this. But we never see Dr. Jonas, from Dr. Jonas's point of view. We only see him when interact with Jerry or Alice or other character, and from their point of view. The truth is, he never even lie, only dezinform. If you watch the movie many times, it's clear, he never thinks himself, as a bad guy. He got a position, made some success, but sometimes failed and that is unacceptable. So he try to repair his faults. Even, if this mean he have to kill more and more people. Good question who is the real crazy guy in this movie. Therefore, I think Stewart made a great job here. This character is really nicely fit in the bad guy picture, who tortured many person, make them killers. So, if you didn't watched this film yet, do it, at least twice.

kai ringler I've always been a fan of Conspiracy Theories so I figured I would check this one out,, it's above average,, based on the acting between our stars, Mel Gibson, Julia Robert,, and Patrick Stewart,, I was hoping for an actual conspiracy,, instead we get the old,, CIA, mind control stuff, rogue killer programmed to assassinate someone,, which isn't that bad, but some of the theories in the movie like the Oliver Stone --George Bush one,, I was like wow OK.. Mel's character, Jerry Fletcher is majorly paranoid, insanely crazy as one of his theories actually turns out to be true, problem for him is as he has so many now he has to figure out which theory he is right about,, he get's help from a young lady he saved from a mugging 6 months ago,, so he is like her guardian angel so to speak,, very interesting movie,, once you get by all the covert military mind control stuff.

edwagreen As much as I dislike Mel Gibson for the repeated bigoted remarks that he has made off the screen, I have to admit that he gave a riveting performance in this film.He portrays a cab driver who is constantly thinking up various conspiracies, and then becomes pursued when one of his conspiracy theories proves to be right.As an attorney,Julia Roberts, who lost her father in a mysterious shooting, becomes involved with Gibson.The film is a good one due to the plot twists and turns. You really don't know who is good and evil in it.Patrick Stewart portrays a man with many hats. You just don't know where he is at until the very end.Roberts comes slowly to believe in what Gibson is saying until it appears that he had killed her father.The ending may be disappointing to many, but was probably necessary due to the clandestine and safety measures for the Roberts part.