What form does evil take? Is it your conscience following you around? Is it crazy personified? Is it the devil himself?

When Stephen finds himself sitting on a bench, talking to Mr. Jack, he asks the question, is this how it’s going to be from now on?

The answer is: yes, it is. Once the crazy sets in, that is how it’s going to be from now on. But at least you’ll never be bored.

As Stephen moves through the rest of his life, Mr. Jack moves with him, to a porn store, to a bar, to a hotel with a bar waitress. And Mr. Jack keeps talking, the whole time, about right and wrong, about fate. All the while, Stephen has crossed the line from pissed off boyfriend, to committing murder, to stone cold murderer.

Throughout the movie, we are subjected to a daytime talk show about young children who murder their parents, leading us to question, does Stephen approve of all murder (or Mr. Jack) or was he actually a child murderer himself?

But the biggest question of the movie is, who exactly is Mr. Jack? He seems to be a real person, people interact with him, but all who do are crazy in some regard. He talks about being balance, he talks about fate. He talks and talks, in a horrible English accent for some inexplicable reason. (I’m surprised that Stephen doesn’t try to kill Mr. Jack, I would’ve by the end of the movie).

But in the end, Stephen saves Mr. Jack’s life (if he actually has one, unless he’s Stephen’s crazy half or voice in his head) and kills the talk show host for being an ass (which I completely agree with).

But whatever you surmise of Mr. Jack, it’s a thought-provoking movie.