Recovering from injuries in his apartment, George (Brad Pennington) is really dependent from others, like his girlfriend Kim (Gena Shaw) and especially his roommate Phin (Clint Browning) - but the latter has problems of his own, as he suffers from insomnia and takes medical marihuana to get at least some rest - but during these resting periods, he acts totally weird, as if he'd sleepwalk, and he even tends to get freaky when in these states ... and he freaks everyone out, especially Kim, who grows more and more frustrated, also because George can't perform sexually at the moment, so on a businesstrip has sex with one of her colleagues (Mikel Mansour) and even admits it during a drunk Skype call - which of course crushes George ... but it also makes him very determined to find out what's going on with Phin, and he soon finds out Phin speaks Russian when in one of his states, a language Phin claims to have no knowledge at all ... and George believes him. George soon picks up a clue leading to their Russian landlord (Leon Shparaga), who apparently hides his daughter (Alexandra Lavrova) away in his apartment (for whatever reason), and she might use Phin as her telepathic link to the outside world. But then Phin is gone, the landlord and his daughter are gone, and George has to realize his insistance to find out what's going on has made everything only all the worse ...

Insomnium is a quite atmospheric little film that quite cleverly links its mystery to the supernatural and refuses to spoonfeed the audience explanations in easily digestable chunks, and it's kept alive by solid performances and a moody directorial effort - but ultimately, the movie is lacking. Basically, as good as the movie might look and feel, the ending leaves a lot to be desired and seems to come at a random point of the story, while it's never really explained what's so threatening about Phin's behaviour. Sure he's sleepwalking and he creeps people out when doing it ... but that's about it. So eventually George's panic about his roommate's state begins to wear a little on the audience. Pity, because this is a well-made and well-played movie, and it could have done with only a bit more narrative stringency to be really good!

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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