A brain experiment makes it increasingly difficult to tell whose nightmare is currently running the film. The straight-faced performances keep trying to impose order, but this pulpy medical maze seems determined to give the viewer a second-hand neurological condition.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
Acting
7/10
Plot
9/10
Effects
3/10
Dialogue
6/10
Rewatchability
6/10
“Please consult a specialist before attempting to summarise the plot.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 62
Synopsis and movie facts
In a battle of man versus machine, Martin, a top neurosurgeon who's studying brain malfunctions that cause mental illness, delves deep into his own mind to save himself from a megalomaniacal corporation.
Released
1990
Directed by
Adam Simon
Running time
85 min
Starring
Bill Pullman as Dr. Rex Martin
Bill Paxton as Jim Reston
Bud Cort as Jack Halsey
Nicholas Pryor as Man in Bloody White Suit / Ramsen / Ed Conklin
