Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

The Machinist
2004
***
Director: Brad Anderson
Cast: Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, John Sharian

A traumatised machine operator is suffering from insomnia and hallucinations in this athmospheric thriller, which is wrapped up a bit too neatly in the end. What would David Lynch have done with the same material? Christian Bale shed 30 kilos for the role, and he is definitely a haunting site.