The Man in Chains (a.k.a. Der Mann im Keller) is a stripped-bare psychodrama-comedy that's more tease than delivery. German helmer Andre Schneider draws good performances from his leads, Austrian actor Nikolaus Firmkranz and Dominique Wolf, and keeps the pot bubbling for much of the pic's length until a weak payoff. Richard Kohlmann (Firmkranz) is a successful advertising exec who, after a blind date the night before, wakes up chained to a wall in a dirty, empty basement. A young man (Schneider) comes into the basement but refuses to help, and Kohlmann ends up spending another night in the cr...
- 2/23/2009
- MoviesOnline.ca
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