The label psychological thriller gets randomly thrown around whenever a new thriller film with a little slower pace comes up but generally speaking very few has that depth, acting, writing or direction worthy of say, the best films of say Hitchcock, David Mamet etc.
This film however is a refreshing surprise and quite frankly pretty good, since the genre usually is very predictable. In this film themes like revenge, vengeance and pure vigilante actions are explored to the fullest and makes the viewer slightly unsure who is victim and who is the perpetrator.
The whole film moves into grey area, and is lacerated with ambiguity and shows us how difficult revenge really can be. Justice at any cost can be quite costly.
This is ensemble film were every actor does a great job, the script is pretty well written(it has twists and turns but very credible ones), direction is very good and the cinematography is wonderful.
For those of you who liked Death and the Maiden (1994, House of Games (1987, Blackmail (1929), Shallow Grave (1994) etc, then this film should suit you pretty good. The rest can stay away.
This film however is a refreshing surprise and quite frankly pretty good, since the genre usually is very predictable. In this film themes like revenge, vengeance and pure vigilante actions are explored to the fullest and makes the viewer slightly unsure who is victim and who is the perpetrator.
The whole film moves into grey area, and is lacerated with ambiguity and shows us how difficult revenge really can be. Justice at any cost can be quite costly.
This is ensemble film were every actor does a great job, the script is pretty well written(it has twists and turns but very credible ones), direction is very good and the cinematography is wonderful.
For those of you who liked Death and the Maiden (1994, House of Games (1987, Blackmail (1929), Shallow Grave (1994) etc, then this film should suit you pretty good. The rest can stay away.