Review of The Oath

The Oath (2016)
6/10
Psychological thriller about a father who tries to pull his daughter out of her lousy world resulting in fateful consecuences
30 September 2023
This interesting drama, which participated in the official section of the San Sebastian International Film Festival in 2016, is performed by some of Iceland's best-known actors. Icelandic auteur Baltasar Kormákur ("Contraband", "2 Guns", "Everest") directs and stars as a troubled father, Finnur (Baltasar Kormákur), working as a surgeon decides to go to extreme measures to save his daughter Anna (Hera Hilmar) from the devastating influence of her drug-dealer boyfriend Ottar (Gísli Örn Garðarsson). But soon he sees that Otto has a darker side. In a final, desperate attempt to get evidence to use against . With boyfriends like this, enemies are the last thing you need!.Get rid Ottar's sick craving for Anna?. And his adoration turns to obsession, their dream into a nightmare, and her love into fear. Guys like him don't grow on trees, or even swing on them. But he might just hang you from one. The attraction was obvious...The danger wasn't. Now, if he can't have her...No one will. Attraction. Infatuation. Desire. Love. Fear. He wants to make you his...in the worst way. Sometimes, love is a good thing...to fear.

Some cleverness, but ultimately follows a familiar, cliched path littered one-dimensional characters and predictable plot twists. In this psychological thriller about a father who tries to pull his daughter out of her world of drugs and petty crime, only to find that danger can be found in unexpected places. Stars Baltasar Kormákur giving a decenta acting as a surgeon in his fifties who discovers that his daughter is totally immersed in the world of drugs and who will try to get her out no matter what the cost.

This is the second film (after 101 Reykjavík) in which the Icelandic filmmaker acts as both director, screenwriter, producer and protagonist. After directing ¨2 guns¨ and ¨Everest¨ in the United States, Kormákur returns to Iceland to film the highest-grossing film of 2006. Violent, unconventional climax kills any credibility that was left. The movie title refers to the Hippocratic Oath, which is traditionally sworn by doctors. Baltasar Kormákur and Gísli Örn Garðarsson standout as the girl's protective father and a violent delinquent boyfriend respectively.

It displays evocative and colorful cinematographt shot on location in Reikiavik, Lundarreykjadalur, Islandia. This highest grossing film of 2016 on Iceland was professionally directed Baltasar Kormákur. Baltasar who was born in Reykjavik, Iceland , is a good writer/Producer/filmmaker, an artisan who has directed a number of decent movies of all kinds of genres . As he has directed¨Contraband," which was a remake of Oskar Johansson's "Reykjavik Rotterdam," and he produced through his Blueeyes Productions, along with Working Title Films. Kormákur's next films were the thriller "2 Guns," starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg, ¨The missionary , ¨The Oath¨ , ¨Adrift¨ , ¨Everest¨,among others . And his last one is ¨The Beast¨with Idris Elba . Rating : 6/10 . The picture will appeal to thriller enthusiasts.
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