Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on January 2012

A bland young British doctor working in an American hospital (a bland, perfectly cast Orlando Bloom) uses his knowledge of internal medicine to keep a pretty, easily treatable young girl under his care. When she dies, he finds it necessary to commit an escalating series of crimes and murders to elude detection. His milquetoast manner helps in this subterfuge, but it is not at all entertaining. Bloom’s abominable character is more pathetic than sympathetic, difficult to relate to or even want to understand. Kind of like the actor. This pointless, half-baked psychodrama is a big yawn.