The Tesseract (2003)

A psychologist, an Englishman, a bellboy and a wounded female assassin have their fates crossed at a sleazy Bangkok hotel.

Director:

Oxide Chun Pang

Writers:

Oxide Chun Pang (screenplay), Patrick Neate (screenplay)

Stars:

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Saskia Reeves, Alexander Rendell

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jonathan Rhys Meyers	...	Sean
Saskia Reeves	...	Rosa
Alexander Rendell	...	Wit
Carlo Nanni	...	Roy
Lena Christensen	...	Lita
Veradis Vinyarath	...	Sia Toh
Tunpicha Simasathen	...	Cat
Pitakpong Sillapasorn	...	Hea Mah
Larkana Vatanawongsiree	...	Fon
Somlee Phiboonpun	...	Hoi
Nimponth Chaisirikul	...	Hotel owner
Chalempron Kaprat	...	Tui
Wesley Homjan	...	Jo
Sorasak Phatumsiri	...	Sia Toh's men
Tawan Nomjun	...	Sia Toh's men

Storyline

In Bangkok, in a low-budget hotel called "Heaven", the fates of four guests are interconnected due to a theft in a room: Sean, a paranoid English drug dealer, who is dealing with a powerful local drug lord; the British psychologist Rosa, who is grieving the loss of her son and conducting research with poor children in Thailand; a seriously wounded killer, hired to kill the mobster; and Wit, an abused thirteen-year-old bellboy, who steals from the guests. In the end, we see that it is almost impossible to control life and, sometimes, a subtle incident may lead to fatality.

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Plot Keywords:

bellboy | hotel | psychologist | drugs | drug lord | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language, drug content and some sexuality

Did You Know?

Quotes

Hea Mah: Business or pleasure?
Sean: Business.

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Soundtracks

The Tesseract end theme
Written by James Iha
Performed by Maya

User Reviews

Bad storyboard but good narration and rhythm

At the beginning of the film one can read:

"The Tesseract is a hypercube unraveled." "When a square unravels to a live, two dimensions become one." "When a cube unravels to a cross, three dimensions become two." "When a hypercube unravels to the tesseract, four dimensions become three."

In fact the tesseract is a 4 dimensional cube (term by Charles Howard Hinton, mathematician and science fiction writer) and this concept tries to introduce us into more than three dimensions.

This movie is a strange mixture of Matrix (special effects), Kill Bill (slow camera scenes with Tomoyasu Hotei's "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" style) and Memento (playing with time, backward and forward).

Four strange and different characters reunited in a hotel of Bangkok with nothing in common. Really nothing in common? The first minutes promise an excellent film that does not convince in any moment. It's a pity, could have been magnificent.

Details

Country:

Japan Thailand UK

Language:

English Thai

Release Date:

9 June 2005 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Tesseract

Company Credits

Production Co:

Artist Film, Pang Bros.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1