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I really wanted to like this movie. And I'm not going to lie, a lot of the reason I wanted to see it was because of Tarantino's praise. I have a love/hate relationship with the guy's films, but I like enough of them to trust his taste in movies. After all, he's known for stealing...err, borrowing, from some really great movies.
The film's about a renegade cop (a wild card, if you will) and the pissed off father of a recently murdered 10 year old girl, who team up to basically beat the shit out of the guy they think did it; in an attempt to get him to confess. But both of them have different lengths as to how far they'll go to get the truth.
In the end, the film kept my attention, but only to a certain degree. Honestly, I was only still watching because I wanted to know if the guy did it or not. I didn't really care about any of the characters. Any one of them could have taken a bullet to the head at any moment and I wouldn't have blinked. I think the main problem was that no one reacted genuinely to ANYTHING. The father of the murdered child in particular. As a father myself, he didn't really act like someone who just lost a daughter. He had one mode: reserved anger. And that was it.
It was shot really well though, and with the mixture of pop music during certain scenes, I can definitely see why it was a Tarantino pick. I also give them credit for not turning the film into straight up torture porn. It's violent, but a lot of it happens off screen or with quick shots.
But if this had been a script, I would have just flipped to the last page to see what happened.
It was Okay. I found some of the humor to be rough at spots. Kind of forced and not funny, not really skillfully done, just thrown in there without a good set up. I'm talking about the dialogue humor. The cake bit was somewhat amusing.
The structure of the film seemed off to me. There wasn't really a good building process involved. They got to the basement but things got postponed (which I get) but then the ending felt abrupt.
I wouldn't call it a great movie, nor really good, but it was Okay. I was entertained. The movie took it's time, which I can appreciate it but it didn't really set up the ending all that well. You kind of kept wanting more and were left unsatisfied.
Finally got around to seeing this on Netflix streaming.
I liked it. Parts of it, I liked alot. Other parts, not so much.
Premise-wise, I think it's great, but there were parts that were unclear that could have used a little more thought. When the father shows up with soup, and what follows, is when it's at its best. When Gidi leaves to search the greenhouse for his daughter's head and the father eats the cake, it's brilliant...but...what follows is probably where it's at its weakest, meaning, IMO, there were better choices to make that would really have pushed this over the top into being an instant cult classic.
The end could have been/should have been great, but it's covered much too quickly and for me, was a little unclear, which took away from the power they were after in the final shot.
But, kudos to all involved, as it really is a strong flick and central idea. It wouldn't surprise me one bit if Hollywood scoops up the rights and does an American remake.
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