the informer really be an unusual kind of terrible and but there be actually a very real possibility that it be a misunderstood work of unparalleled directorial ingenuity . the off kilter overdubbing and the soft focus camera work and the trite youth go wild bullsht dialogue and the nihilistic soft core group sex it all exactly like a dtv zalman king production and and nothing quite sum up the rank and dilapidate sleaziness of the early 1980s than a dtv zalman king . if gregor jordan career end up warrant serious critical reappraisal in the future and then this be go to be the gleaming and once misinterpret jewel in some chancer festival retrospective . but from here and it just appalling . the good actor involve be coast ( billy bob thornton in particular look a if he perform from the vantage point of a prozac coma ) and the bad actor be leave to use their questionable skill to turn every other scene into full tilt soap opera . the screenplay ( co author and surprisingly and by brett easton ellis himself ) be completely unaware of itself and and so tiresomely arch and condescend that it feel and again and like a product of the 1980 rather than some kind of commentary of it . reel off a plot synopsis would be beyond pointless and a it consist of little more than a series of unconnected and uninteresting thing happen to some deeply unlikeable people . everyone appear to be operate under the assumption that this be a satire and but the funny thing about it be the sheer inappropriateness of the supposedly suckerpunch coda . no prize . american psycho aside and if you want a to see ellis rather one note universe render shrewdly on screen and you should really check out roger avary severely underrated rule of attraction .