Director Neil Jordan (The Crying Game, Interview With A Vampire) follows up The Butcher Boy with this visual stunner that, ultimately, isn't nearly as captivating as it wants to be.

Annette Bening plays a woman who has horrible nightmares that seem all too real. Before long, she realizes that they are real and that she has somehow tapped into the mind of a killer, played by Robert Downey Jr.

Jordan has created some great visuals (including an underwater town), that are extremely haunting. The problem is, that the film depends on whether or not the audience buys into Bening's dreams--I never did. It also doesn't help that Downey Jr., an actor that can be mesmerizing, doesn't come across as being all that creepy. Jordan shows hints of brilliance, but for the most part, it's an inconsistent film. Wes Craven's Nightmare On Elm Street was more effective. Freddy Krueger is a far scarier villain than Downey's In Dreams killer.