The Daughter
“Put that thing out of its misery, would you Peterson?” Henry (Geoffrey Rush) The first line of dialogue will be wretchedly prescient. Similar to television show ‘Breaking Bad’, THE DAUGHTER’s myriad of tragedies is a complicated array of cause and effect. Where does blame begin? The emotional hollowing out of the cast and audience is all the more remarkable considering this is the cinematic feature debut for writer-director Simon Stone. Not one, but seven leads circle each other, without of course sensing the dread washing over the audience. Days away from a wedding in an Australian idyll would probably have been a (romantic-) comedy in less talented hands. This is RACHEL GETTING MARRIED dialled up, if you thought that was possible. [To read more, click here.] |
Green Room
“Let him bleed to death. Later is better for time of death, ” Darcy Banker (Patrick Stewart) Forget the beloved Patrick Stewart of X-MEN and STAR TREK. Professor X and Jean-Luc Picard are relegated to the sidelines. Stewart eats up the scenery as a conscienceless white supremacist murderer; a formidable adversary for the hapless leads inadvertently caught in his crosshairs. Being a talented thespian adds weight to what might have been a one-dimensional foe. Also brought to bear is a man, who clearly has, if not intellect, a tactician’s mind, which deepens the peril for the heroes and makes the audience wonder what turning, on life’s path, brought him to this ideology. [To read more, click here.] |