A woman in trouble.
Nikki (Laura Dern) has just been offered a role in a motion picture that will be directed by Kingsley (Jeremy Irons). Her co-star Devon (Justin Theroux) is warned to keep things professional since Nikki's husband (Peter J Lucas) happens to be the jealous type. In the film, Nikki plays Sue and Devon plays Billy, two characters that are having a steamy on-screen affair. However, Kingsley has failed to mention that the script is based on an old Polish gypsy folk-tale and is a remake of a movie that was never finished as a result of the tragic and unexpected on-set deaths of the previous leads. The strange aura of the production soon spills over into real life as Nikki and Devon begin to confuse each other's real identities with their film personae. The two inevitably wind up in bed, unsure of whom they really are. Nikki in particular finds herself in a surreal state of bewilderment and finds it impossible to discern between her own personalities. Is she Nikki, Sue, or one simply acting as the other?
Special Agent Matti
What a piece of crap. Inland Empire is self-indulgent art-house wank. With a three-hour masturbation fest like this David Lynch should be in porno, and not as a director, either. Don't watch this film unless you are a hard-core cine-masochist.
The drama movie Inland Empire is directed by David Lynch and stars Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Justin Theroux.
MA 15+ (Strong impact, themes, violence, coarse language and sexual references)
172 minutes (2:52 hours)
Film: 15 November 2007
DVD retail: 6 August 2008
