The lesson: «Sometimes the most interesting failures are the ones that you don't expect. (scientificamerican.com)
And while that problem, almost in and of itself, makes it a more interesting failure than the bulk of its contemporaries, it's nevertheless a source of justifiable frustration, as the film's capacity to enthrall as a largely traditional action film seems somehow intruded on by half - baked surrealist trimmings, flirtations with a more serious cinema whose substance lay beyond the reach of this material. (slantmagazine.com)
«If it turns out to be a failure, it'll be a fantastically interesting failure.» (goodereader.com)