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As the movie goes on (and on), this triple-image effect ultimately starts to feel less effective than what a single, well-placed camera might convey.

The three-panel format gives the digitally shot picture enormous psycho-emotional layering.

'AKA' is DOA...boring, and boring in an irritatingly complicated way.

The story is an interesting one, so I wanted to like this. I guess with three movies on the screen, I must have been watching the wrong one.

Does the radical choice to split up the action contribute anything that couldn't be achieved in a more traditional format? The answer is a well-earned affirmative, and the drama is solid enough to make the whole enterprise worthwhile.

An interesting though not extremely successful experiment, but it definitely makes you want to see what Duncan Roy does next.

Coupling the plot with the presentation -- and the appealing cinematography -- makes AKA a film not to miss.

The triptych scheme underscores the basic blandness of Matthew Leitch as the hero, a cipher on the make.