Anton Pardoe, Roselyn Sanchez, Sam Thakur

To a timeless city filled with ruthlessness and torment, a man with no name has returned. Known to us only as "The Narrator" (Anton Pardoe), he was once dubbed "The Mad Monk" for his disregard for hi...( read more  read more... )s own life and intense devotion to one woman: the luminescent Porphyria (Roselyn Sanchez, Rush Hour 2, The Game Plan, Without a Trace). The girl from his childhood, the love of his life, the one thing he has always wanted and can never have.

As a man gifted in the art of killing, he may be the only one who can save her from the surrounding dangers. But lying in wait are lethal men who would like nothing more than to see him die a painful death. They are led by Nikolai (Patrick Bauchau, HBO's "Carnivāle," Panic Room, The Cell, Ray), the man who raised him and who may very well be his father.

To protect Porphyria, the unnamed man will return to a life of torment and torture, facing off against a lost father figure and revisiting an existence full of people imprisoned by their desire, their history and their very blood. A world where the only thing keeping you from happiness is yourself - the world of The Perfect Sleep.

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35% liked it

325 ratings

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36% liked it

11 critics

R, 1 hr. 39 min.

Directed by: Jeremy Alter

Release Date: February 8, 2008

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DVD Release Date: June 16, 2009

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Flixster Reviews (118)


  • July 6, 2009
    Ho hum,,,what do you want? No answer is better than ho hum....
  • June 29, 2009
    No one else seemed to like this flick but I loved it! The narration was great and the cinematography was also fantastic! Really good stuff.
  • June 19, 2009
    it looks like a good thriller movie...
  • June 18, 2009

    super-money5
  • June 16, 2009
    This is the movie equivalent of the guy who tries to hard to look cool and winds up looking stupid.
  • June 16, 2009
    http://static6.flixster.com/static/images/done.gif
  • June 16, 2009
    Sounds like it's the audience that will be getting the perfect sleep.
  • June 16, 2009
    i actully never saw it
  • June 16, 2009
    as vrea si eu acesta
    ce o fi el
  • June 15, 2009
    Good one, they really tried

Critic Reviews


May 7, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

There are shadows on top of shadows. It's the film noir universe, all right. What does the title refer to? Perhaps to what you will enjoy during the film. full review

March 11, 2009
Pete Hammond, Boxoffice Magazine

The well-chosen supporting cast also deliver with especially sharp turns from Sanchez, Bauchau and Amendola who act this script as if it were Shakespeare. full review

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  • mburrage2
    March 12, 2009
    I haven't seen it yet but it looks like it will be good.

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