Director Justin Kurzel envisions the days leading up to the 1996 Port Arthur massacre from the killer’s point of view. The emphasis here is on understanding the context that led to the tragedy, without excusing either the killer or the crime.
The well-paced thriller hums along at such a quick clip that it’s easy to hold reservations until after the credits have rolled.
A quiet man with a dark past, quirky villagers, and a climactic bloodbath, all set in the quiet Welsh countryside.
A boxer searches for her younger sister, who may have been abducted by a sex-trafficking ring.
A highly satisfying blend of a modern-day woman’s picture and a tidy, B-movie thriller.
Ruin porn addicts will revel in the film’s rich dinginess, while others may be pulled in by a gruffly sentimental story of a purehearted immigrant putting his life on the line for distinctly lesser men.
What film noir—which this still is even though it is shot in color, and heavy on garish reds—has a 150-minute running time?
A well-acted but scattershot film that works better when it sticks to crime.
A bouillabaisse of a film that mixes, not always successfully, the suspenseful procedural investigation of director Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight with the touching redemption stories of his earlier movies.