Product Details

• Actors: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Saskia Reeves, Alexander Rendel, Carlo Nanni, Lena Christenchen
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English, Thai
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Showtime Ent.
• DVD Release Date: October 26, 2004
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002X7GSO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #142,675 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Tesseract" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Ironies compound ironies in "The Tesseract", a hyper-stylized, meta-narrative about the fateful links between four strangers staying in a Bangkok hotel called the Heaven. Sean (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) is a British drug runner making a local gang impatient, Rosa is a child psychologist taping interviews with local kids about their dreams, Wit (Alexander Rendel) is a little thief who lives and works there, and a female assassin (Lene Christensen) sent to deal with Sean sits bleeding from a bullet wound in one of the Heaven's drearier rooms. Wit is the link between all three adults, running errands, ingratiating himself, breaking into rooms to find items worth fencing. Based on a novel by Alex Garland ("The Beach"), "The Tesseract" is directed by Oxide Pang Chun (co-director of "Infernal Affairs") and casts a feverish spell with its endless time loops, dissecting action and drama through shifting perspectives on the same scenes. "--Tom Keogh"

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Things that happen in seedy hotels can get out of hand.., August 25, 2004

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Drake (Seattle, WA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Tesseract (DVD)

The Tesseract starts at first glance like a low budget, Hong Kong cinema, slick matrix-esque rip-off, but then a truly amazing thing happens. It evolves into an old-school, 70's type exploitation picture, where everyone is stressed out, every pore is sweat soaked, every shot revealing more in its graininess, and everyone is chasing the drugs. The Tesseract, based on a book by Alex Garland, revolves around strangers in a flea-bag hotel, whose lives slowly start to intertwine as fate and circumstance send them colliding into climaxing contact. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, from such films as Velvet Goldmine and Vanity Fair, is the closest thing to a lead this ensemble piece has, and he shines, delivering a performance full of stress induced angst and infused with subtle humor. The Tesseract was a success in the indie-movie house world and film festivals, and was picked up by Sundance in the U.S. for distribution. I highly recommend giving this movie a chance, it will surprise you. It would be a shame for a gem like this to slip through the cracks.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic movie The Tesseract, May 28, 2005

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joe larkin - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Tesseract (DVD)

The Tesseract From the mind of Oxide Pang, co-director of the international horror sensation The Eye, comes this stylish and high-tension adaptation of the book by The Beach author Alex Garland. As drug dealer Sean (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) and documentary filmmaker Rosa (Saskia Reeves) sit anxiously in a rundown Bangkok hotel,things get interesting,depression drug deal with lead to a kidnapping of a child ,and the devils other work blackmail car chases and mayham like a good 70,s flick run on a saturday night.

3.0 out of 5 stars sad, September 25, 2011

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This review is from: The Tesseract (DVD)

SAD MOVIE OR MAYBE IT WAS JUST MY MOOD BUT I FELT KIND OF DEPRESSED AFTER I WATCHED IT. I LOVE MEYERS TALENT HE CAN PLAY ANY ROLE AND MAKE IT HIS.