It was great to see Michael Pitt again and great to see William Forsythe, however briefly. This movie has style and some very impressive, quietly seething performances. I mean, it's Michael Pitt! But oh boy, this script has problems. I actually had to watch it twice to make sense of the thing...and even though I caught up to the sequence of events on second viewing (don't leave the room for even a moment), I still came away with many questions. It seems that the writers simply didn't know how to end it. So...they didn't. It wasn't an ambiguous ending. I can handle that. It was no ending at all. And I am not in agreement with people who are bothered by how dark the storyline is. Dark is okay. Violence is okay when it serves the story. I would say that the violence in this movie was necessary and central to the plot. I just think that there must be some relevant scenes on the cutting room floor, so to speak, because I doubt that this amputated ended was the intention all along. I think maybe they just found themselves going long and made an error in judgement. I'd like to see an extended cut of this film; maybe it will be more satisfying.
The production was SOLID. I loved the locations, art direction, costume design, lighting, music and of course the performances. ALL WASTED on a half-baked script. The story wasn't bad, but give it an ending! ANY ending.
The production was SOLID. I loved the locations, art direction, costume design, lighting, music and of course the performances. ALL WASTED on a half-baked script. The story wasn't bad, but give it an ending! ANY ending.