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What an absolute piece of garbage. Thank god I only had to endure 15 minutes of this writer/director's self-indulgent masturbation. Angst is not story, and this is not a filmmaker. No wonder I haven't heard more about this film even though it top-lines Josh Hartnett, otherwise a fine actor. Terrible...absolutely terrible. And since I don't want to waste another single minute over this hackneyed drivel, I'll leave it at that.

I am sure the writer and director had good intentions. This short film is about a car ride in Los Angeles, California. There is a lot going on but unexplained. I didn't get the purpose of the film itself. Most short films are done by film students for their film projects. This film goes fast and makes little sense. I don't get the purpose of the story about young people in a car cruising the freeways in Los Angeles, California. Perhaps the film is about life in the fast lane one night. I watched this film on a DVD entitled "American Breakdown" with other short films about life in America. The film is about fifteen minutes and makes no sense to me when it is over.

if you have been bitterly toiling over the dead end task of telling yourself it's all okay;

if you feel most comfortable when surrounded by carping toadies;

if your best argument is to raise your voice to drown out opinions you disagree with;

if you are proud to swallow the pack of prime time lies served up with their delicious theme toons;

if you volunteer for community service in order to pump yourself up by brow-beating the weak;

if you pride yourself on your dogmatic blinkers;

if you take any criticism to be a fearful attack on your infantile narcissistic world;

if you confuse shooting fish in a barrel with a higher spiritual practice;

if you hate anyone who doesn't feel, talk or look the way they're supposed to;

if you live to decorate your rut;

THEN DO NOT WATCH THIS FILM.

This cornucopia of visual and aural delights by first-time filmmaker Brooks astounds. After over a dozen viewings, the texture and layering of this intense and surreal film continue to reveal themselves to me -- something new and exciting with every viewing. The mastery of the writer/director is perfectly matched by the presence and pitch performance of the spellbinding Hartnett, who shows clearly why he has ascended the Hollywood hierarchy with such rapid aplomb and astuteness. The angst and pain of the entitled and alienated Gen-Y character, embelmatic of his generation (give me more, give it to me now, "let me be desired by") strikes an exposed nerve with a surgeon's touch, conveying the voice of the Napster generation with one deft swipe. There is a new voice in modern cinema. HIGHLY RECOMMEND

ok- this movie is outstanding!!! Its so unreal with what you can do with 15 minutes!!!!! Josh Hartnett just makes the finishing touches on the movie!! I think everyone should make a point to see this movie, because it is something very different and unique than all the other teeny-bop movies! Its a great movie for all ages! I hope you all liked it as much as I did! -Cheryl