Don't Tell a Soul

This is a story of two brothers, the older one of whom is a homicidal maniac, who rob 10,000 that just happens to be sitting in a very vulnerable spot for some unknown reason. They are out in the woods, and the money is in a tent that is being fumigated it seems.

When they leave, they're in the middle of the woods, and for some reason a security guard appears and chases them.

This basically comes down to a "one character" in Hell story. The younger brother is surrounded by maniacs wherever he goes. The story is through his eyes, and that's fair, because he does have to make difficult decisions.

Any more would be a spoiler. Suffice to say, this is unfortunately set in what is supposed to be a real world, but it's more a Twilight Zone arena. However, if we're seeing it through the eyes of the one interesting character, then that suffices if one doesn't expect too much.

The biggest problem is that the writer sets this in Louisville, and he's obviously oblivious to Louisville. There is NOWHERE in Louisville that is this isolated. Louisville is too densely populated throughout to have an open woods arena that no one ventures into. It just cannot happen. The parks in Louisville are hardly what can be called "parks". They're crowded beyond redemption. Even the less traveled ones don't have the solitude needed for this story line. You have to go at least 20 miles outside the county to have a longshot chance for that.

Still, there are maniacs like the older brother, sadists who look for excuses to hurt others, abounding in Louisville, so that much is true.

This is a fantastic, well paced movie. For just under 90 minutes not a single scene is wasted. Give it a watch!

The story started out fine but quickly spirals south. The characters make very dumb decisions that no one would really do if they were under the same conditions. I just think the screen writers just didn't know what they were doing. It felt like they didn't have the character arcs and the story well laid before the cameras began rolling. They just wrote in twists for the sake of subverting expectations but without a well laid out plan.

I am also very disappointed with Mena Suvari acting performance. It was seriously bad. She was the weakest actor of the whole cast.

Anyway, to summarize this film. I would say the main idea of this film would be, "The apples don't fall far from the tree". In the end, all of the main characters were rotten. Even the younger boy, Joey.

I wasn't expecting much going in to this, the plot description seemed a bit thin but the twists in the story were really unexpected and kept me entertained throughout. It is a dark film hence not the highest rating and not usually my style but I give it an 8 for its original story and emotional rollercoaster this film provides. Well worth a watch, glad i watched it even if it was deep and one of the most original films I have watched this year. But ps don't tell a soul

Simple but effective story that has you hooked mainly as all the actors put in a first class performance. Rainn Wilson in particular is spectacular as usual.