"Limbo" is worth a watch, if only for the technical achievements that director Ikimi really manages to convey on such a low budget. For a budget of 10,000 dollars, it's a surprise what Ikimi was able to do here, and most of the film really does achieve the sense of surrealism and sheer dreamy nightmarish exposition that make this so fascinating and engrossing. With a mixture of "The Matrix" sans special effects, and "Eraserhead" sans Lynch, Ikimi excels with the digital black and white photography by creating a world of beautiful stark and tight direction. There are often augural glowing whites within the film that mixed with deep pools of black shades creating a nightmarish nuance that illustrate
Ikimi's world he's attempting to convey.

Ikimi makes his message loud and clear with the story that is less a supernatural thriller, and more a thought-provoking sense of existentialism that examines fate and the supernatural with an engrossing story of one man's search for a mysterious assassin that may or may not exist. For our main character Adam, who is not only in search of the people who put him in his current state, he also seeks to make sense of the world he now belongs in, a world that repeats itself over and over without his control. How he struggles to accomplish ending this state of Limbo that may or may not be between death and life, so Ikimi uses this story to put us on a very enthralling mystery I was taken with.

The cinematography by Jon Miller increases the often stark surreal world in which Adam is stuck in and Ikimi brings many questions to the table that's often left to the viewer to decipher. Ikimi brings in to question the main character's past that may have a contribution to his current state, and hints that his world isn't just a series of monotonous repetitive events that present some sort of meaning, he hints that the entire world is like that, but our main character is the only person that has caught on to that notion and decided to do something about it. However when Adam discovers others whom may be in the same situation he seeks out the mysterious assassin once and for all and with the surprising twist ending, Ikimi makes the message loud and clear. The often taut score, and strong performances make "Limbo" an indie that's one peg above the rest.

Ikimi is able to draw the right concept from the ground up, but fails to give the audience any real motivation on watching this character get to the bottom of his life altering mystery, because Ikimi fails to draw any real suspense because it's ultimately more concerned with drawing surrealist imagery to express the world he's in rather than involve
us in a taut search for the answer to the mystery. The tension, the boiling excitement is never there, and for such a grand concept it's sad that I wasn't more interested in what was happening, especially since the opening is so fascinating. I found the story often so dull and cold without any atmosphere to keep the audience watching. The tension, and the story
was often very middling and alienating never presenting any real emotions or characters that can draw in the audience at all.

Though often dull and middling in its premise, director Thomas Ikimi creates a cerebral and engrossing supernatural thriller with strong performances, great cinematography, and a surprise ending that makes the film.

• Made on a budget under 10,000 dollars.
• Discover more about upcoming showings and screenings on the official website: http://www.limbomovie.com

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