i go to this one and know that it could be crap and but hey and i do not care what others think and once again this way of think do not prove me wrong . this flick be basically about a young twenty who go away on a trip to thailand by himself and because he want to forget his past . there he meet a loony ( robert carlyle ) who give him a map to a secret paradise . he ask two stranger and françoise ( virginie ledoyen who be really great in her first big american film and good look too by the way ) and etienne ( guillaume canet ) to come and join them . after they have find the island they meet an alternative group who live there and they join them and but after a while problem evolve and a minor hell break loose . this be the plain story line of the movie and but there be so much more to it and it have a message and that really be what fascinate me a lot in the beginning and at the end . there be a good story there and but the way it be bring over and never really lose the actual message out of sight . now believe me the direction and the soundtrack and the cast be good . there also be a bit gore and but it fit good in the movie and be not unnecessary . yet this film be not flawless and it be good entertainment over all and yes and it be very good in the beginning and in the end and but in the middle when richard ( leonardo dicaprio ) lose it and so do the film and that be a shame . it be just too weird and too long and too incomprehensible ( in the sense that the viewer himself doesn not know if it be real or not ) . it could have be so much good and but i guess it have to be . no must see but definately worth a trip to the videostore or to the cinema at a discount . positive p. s. don not agree . and sue me . or mail me ( see above ) .