[1] Halonen has said in the 2011 interview that Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville and Terry Gilliam's Brazil served as inspirations for the film.

The peripheral regions of Europe, united into a giant federal state, have weakened sharply, which has caused huge migrations.

In connection with the investigation, Cockton befriends a fighting cock destined to be eaten, while at the same time drifting towards experiments organized by a mega-corporation LTD-Productions, experiencing a journey from a decayed social system and a failed human life towards the light of reality, the understanding of which makes the detective reflect on his problematic relationship with his mother (Iris-Lilja Lassila) and his sexual identity, to which the Marilyn Monroe-looking woman Dazzle Dent (Outi Mäenpää) somehow seems to be related.

Helena Ylänen from Helsingin Sanomat said in her review that "Halonen's visions are an interesting combination of theatricality and modern action cinema", adding that "the expression is very full; there is a lot of stuff in the images, there are layers in the sound.

"[6] Paavo Ihalainen from Elitisti praises "Halonen's ingenuity to create a powerful visual environment with little money thanks to his theater experience.