ten year before the matrix and hot on the heals of they live come this brilliant piece of low budget science fiction film making . if you like bizarre and unconventional and intellectually challenging and david lynch meet john carpenter style movie making you will love split . there be moment of true genius in the framing and cinematography . look closely at a sequence shot through wine glass in an art open party and right after that a scene involve cue card . the plot involve a man name starker who live outside of society who want to wake u up from the dream . similar to they live and 1984 and the matrix and it be base on the premise that we be all constantly monitor by shadowy big brother type government agent that know everything about u and have invisible robot probe constantly patrol the city . this be all revealed pretty early on in the plot . possible spoiler represent starker have invent a drug that when place in the water supply will wake everyone up from the illusion of reality . along with the cinematography and the ingenious way the director make do with his shoestring budget and the other highlight of this film be the monologue . i challenge anyone to not be rewinding and memorize and quote the classic quote from this movie for year to come .