Vicious Circle

Weighty metaphysical musings weigh down this grandiose action opus, in which an author's character exists in a dimension of his own. Struggling writer Rane Kendo (J.C. Whiteshirt) vacillates between upholding his literary vision and selling out for commercial success. Seduced by the bitch goddess of success, Rane allows Cashcart Enterprises to make a mass-market TV series based on his novel. At first, Rane enjoys the perks associated with writing a series, but he grows sullen and depressed when he realizes how media magnate Milo Cashcart (Mark Gluckman) has homogenized his vision; Rane's poet of justice character, Carlos, has been transformed into a vigilante icon na...