Movie Review The Machinist - 1984 Words

The movie â€Å"The Machinist† was a psychological thriller film first written by Scott Kosar then directed by Brad Anderson, it was first on air in 2004. The main character of the film was named Trevor Reznik, who suffered from a psychological disease called insomnia, leads to obsessive compulsions to write down things on a note-it and leave it on the fridge door as a reminder and unusual hallucinations of a new co-worker that cause life threatening and health harming problems for himself and along the people around him. He is hunted by brief flashes of memories such as his car cigarette lighter takes a menacing air, and a mysterious game with note-its, depicting a note-it puzzle game with a â€Å"hangman†. Movie starts†¦show more content†¦The Maria he met was a single mother with a young son called Nicholas, attempts to establish a relationship with Maria. Asking her out as a date for mother’s day at an amusement park, Trevor takes Nicholas on a ride called Route 666 while Maria was away with a phone call, where all flashing lights causes Nicholas to suffer from a seizure and that led Trevor to deep guilt. Maria was always there for him to talk and in return he â€Å"almost† got her son killed. From Trover’s reaction I couldn’t help but notice he has a very warm personality, given the fact that he hasn’t been able to sleep for a year, its surprising that he still maintains a warm personality with a big heart. His co-workers eventually turned against him when he was involved in an accident that causes one of his coworker, Miller losing one arm. 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