I love this movie so much

Lack of good storyline.

The first must-see film of the year.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

SLEEPER is an edgy indie horror film that hails from Australia. It's a typical serial killer story in which the authorities are on the track of an escaped psycho who's threatening the local area, butchering anybody who gets in his way. This is shot with a blue filter and stars some wrestling non-actor who mumbles his way through his lines. Despite some film noir-style pretensions, this is a chore to sit through if I'm honest, lacking life and vigour.

Sleeper is your traditional prison escapee style horror film, the prisoner played fantastically by current part-time wrestler Raven (Scott Levy) who is portrayed originally as a deranged murderer with only a thirst for blood without explanation. What sets this film above the standard gore-filled horror fests is that they implement some form of a story between the killing. History between Resnik (Raven) and Kelly (the main girl) is alluded to but not substantially capitalized on until they very end of the film. The plot as you'd expect it gets turned on its head, and the portrayal of multiple characters in the film will be reversed. It beats the commonly acclaimed horror films such as The Hills have Eyes in terms of storyline and plot development.What lets this film down is three things. Firstly, the non-important characters who effectively play bowling pins for Resnik to decimate aren't adequately characterized much further than being arrogant teenagers and this makes it hard to get emotionally involved when their demise is potentially due. Whilst the storyline does somewhat justify this attitude, it would have been more gripping to have been swerved, much like many wrestling stories have ended being successful (ironically). Secondly, the story isn't adequately ended. Whilst a plot forms, it doesn't close nor does it end in a way which is sufficiently ambiguous for the audience to try and draw multiple conclusions from. Instead, it left me scratching my head and wondering why certain things had happened, knowing I had little evidence to come up with any real theory. Finally, the inability of Resnik to talk at all in the film hurt his character as much as it helped it, as I feel if given the chance we could have seen perhaps a warped, intelligent side to this very one dimensional murderer we see in many similar films.In conclusion, I would recommend Sleeper for those of us who want to see Raven in an acting role not too similar to his wrestling role as a sociopath and someone who cares little of the pain he inflicts on those around him.

I really like Australian films and thought i'd give this one a try - sadly this has altered my opinion of where the Australian film industry is going. Terrible story line (highly unbelievable that the arresting officer could have actually arrested the psychopath) and inferior acting, especially in this day and age please take some pointers from American and British counter parts! The twist at the end is not even worth the agonizing wait. It does have some early nineties undertones - Kelly not having a cellphone and the horrible way in which the police are deemed incompetent put great shows like Water Rats and Rush to shame. Really not worth the film recorded on or the electricity used to play. Save yourself. Give it a miss all together.

I have to give this movie some kind of review as it deserves one at least! First few minutes on screen I was drawn into the darkness of it all, I thought ooh this looks a bit like a scene out of The Collector (2009), one of my all time favorite movies. That excitement was soon over. So we get into it, right off I thought Oh My God poor acting, unfamiliar actors, a few lame attempts at being cool (the unnecessary overuse of the word Retard almost made me walk away, so if you don't like that word do not watch) - I mean come on its 2012 and these are adults is this the best they could come up with? lame! I stuck with it and the longer it went on I had a few chuckles at the cheapness and cheesiness, YES I did jump several times so that was good, a tiny bit of gore, nothing that will impress slasher fans, but without giving anything away - there is a twist you will not see coming and it saved the movie! 6/10 the twist makes it worth the watch. You won't want to watch this movie for the scenery or for the familiar actors cause there aren't any, actually the actors are not even that good but watch it for the end and watch it on a night when there is nothing else better to watch and you should be satisfied (not thrilled).