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The Matrix meets Memento in the latest film from Oxide Pang Chun, the acclaimed director of the horror sensation The Eye.

Based on the best-selling novel by Alex Garland (The Beach; 28 Days Later), The Tesseract, released on DVD by Entertainment One on 21st February 2005, stars Johnathan Rhys-Myers (Vanity Fair; I'll Sleep When I'm Dead; Bend It Like Beckham; Velvet Goldmine) and Saskia Reeves (Dune; LA Without A Map; Butterfly Kiss; Close My Eyes) in a stylish, edgy thriller about four individuals whose destinies collide with violent and tragic consequences.

Drug courier Sean (Rhys-Myers) is sweating it out in his room at Bangkok's sleazy run-down Heaven Hotel, babysitting a consignment of narcotics awaiting pick up by a local drug czar's henchmen. Further down the hall, psychologist and recently bereaved mother Rosa (Reeves) is interviewing youngsters from the area as part of her research into children's dream patterns. One floor down, in the room directly below Sean's, a mysterious female assassin is slowly dying from wounds inflicted during a bungled hit.

Into each of their lives comes Wit (Alexander Rendel), a savvy, streetwise pre-teen employed as the hotel's bellboy, who uses his position to steal the residents' valuables before selling them on to a local pawnbroker. Through a series of chance encounters, the fates of the four become inextricably connected as it becomes frighteningly apparent that even the subtlest of interactions can make a world of difference.

Using a labyrinthine, non-linear narrative to tell the story of this human "tesseract" (literally, the four-dimensional equivalent of a cube), Oxide Pang Chun weaves a compelling web of intrigue that will keep viewers hooked until the film's devastating finale.

Featuring dazzling camerawork and editing, and a suitably atmospheric score by former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, The Tesseract is an ultra-stylish rollercoaster ride from one of the most technically gifted filmmakers working in cinema today.