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When his wife is killed in a seemingly random incident Harry (Turturro), prompted by mysterious visions, journeys to discover the true circumstances surrounding her murder.When his wife is killed in a seemingly random incident Harry (Turturro), prompted by mysterious visions, journeys to discover the true circumstances surrounding her murder.When his wife is killed in a seemingly random incident Harry (Turturro), prompted by mysterious visions, journeys to discover the true circumstances surrounding her murder.
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lets start by saying that its probably one of the worst films i have ever seen. worst in any perspective. I love this kind of scripts, you know, the one man against an unknown truth, nobody believes him... the kind like arlington road, mothman prophecies , etc...
i watched this till the end, even though after half hour i knew i should leave, just to be sure i am not missing some twist. but nothing happened. and this is the major problem here - NOTHING is happening. the movie is slooooow, so slow. the good editing and the soundtrack does not make up for lack of STORY.
Torturro is an excellent actor by any defenition, and here he is not using even 10 percent of it. its like getting a Porche for one week as a gift and drive it in 10 mph around the neighborhood.
sorry, for this kind of film and actor i expected nothing but a
4-5 star film. i have to give it 1 out of 5.
i watched this till the end, even though after half hour i knew i should leave, just to be sure i am not missing some twist. but nothing happened. and this is the major problem here - NOTHING is happening. the movie is slooooow, so slow. the good editing and the soundtrack does not make up for lack of STORY.
Torturro is an excellent actor by any defenition, and here he is not using even 10 percent of it. its like getting a Porche for one week as a gift and drive it in 10 mph around the neighborhood.
sorry, for this kind of film and actor i expected nothing but a
4-5 star film. i have to give it 1 out of 5.
This is film has all the elements of a suspense thriller without anything in between to join them. I found it to be quite effective and genuinely intriguing up until halfway, then it became gradually apparent that there really was no cogent story. We are give the pieces of a puzzle only to find that they never fit together anyway.
Lots of people seem to be reading too much into the story, that's probably what Refn wanted. Personally I think he really couldn't put together a good thriller and this is a total cop out. Don't waste your time trying to make sense of something senseless, there is nothing in there to bring this together and reading anything into it is entirely in your own mind.
Lots of people seem to be reading too much into the story, that's probably what Refn wanted. Personally I think he really couldn't put together a good thriller and this is a total cop out. Don't waste your time trying to make sense of something senseless, there is nothing in there to bring this together and reading anything into it is entirely in your own mind.
Security guard, Harry Caine (Tutorro) lives a life of lonely obsession after his wife's mysterious shooting at the shopping mall where he works. Unsolved by local Wisconsin police, Harry struggles to piece together information salvaged from surveillance video footage. A dream leads him to discover a photo that begins his search for truth in Montana. Like many psychological thrillers it meanders through themes of schizophrenia and police corruption, but doesn't rise to the excellence of the superior 'Spoorloos' by fellow Danish director, George Sluizer. I soon realised that I had no compassion for Caine or held any emotional attachment to either him or his dead wife. I am certainly not condemning Tutorros' acting; indeed the entire cast did a fine job. The plot just had no substance, no story, no soul. I watched narrative suffer through incoherent changes between dreams, visions and reality. No meaning could be made from feeble attempts at lynchian uniqueness. Kubrick collaborative Larry Smith is Fear X's saviour. Through his creations of unnerving environments we wallow in a visual richness without which would leave the film ineffectual. This utterly pretentious film fails to tell us a story worth listening too. Uncompelled I watched, hopeful that Fear X would recover with a remissive ending. The biggest let down of all being we had to fabricate it ourselves.
I enjoyed Turturo and Remar and 3/4 of the film was top notch i this genre. As others have said, the ending destroyed the movie by leaving too much to interpretation.
Theory 1 - Harry Caine and his OCD had a psychotic break with reality which was climaxed at the hotel and his meeting with Remar's character in Montana. Problem with this is why have Remar talking with other characters about the unintentional death of Caine's wife because a dirty cop had to be taken out.
Theory 2 - There was a "Code of Silence" conspiracy by law enforcement and everything that was shown to happen(meeting Remar at the hotel, getting shot, going into some rage and blanking out?) and Caine's confession of murdering the cop(Remar) that killed his wife all actually happened but the police covered it up. If so, then where is his bullet wound? How much time had elapsed?
This movie worked like a finely built superhighway that was left unfinished.....
Theory 1 - Harry Caine and his OCD had a psychotic break with reality which was climaxed at the hotel and his meeting with Remar's character in Montana. Problem with this is why have Remar talking with other characters about the unintentional death of Caine's wife because a dirty cop had to be taken out.
Theory 2 - There was a "Code of Silence" conspiracy by law enforcement and everything that was shown to happen(meeting Remar at the hotel, getting shot, going into some rage and blanking out?) and Caine's confession of murdering the cop(Remar) that killed his wife all actually happened but the police covered it up. If so, then where is his bullet wound? How much time had elapsed?
This movie worked like a finely built superhighway that was left unfinished.....
Psychological thriller about a security guard, Harry, trying to identify who killed his wife and why. The pursuit of justice does of course run closely in parallel with Harry trying to come to terms with the murder of his wife in a shopping mall. His investigations uncover police corruption as well as linking to anti-corruption activities. Harry's obsession with his investigation leave us wondering how much of what he perceives is real and how much is imagined.
The film is also about bereavement, loneliness, fear and obsession, well portrayed by John Turturro as the grieving security guard. An intriguing film that keeps the viewer guessing. However, the story ultimately isn't satisfying and is at times too loose and aimless. Not a brilliant film but a certainly a good film.
The film is also about bereavement, loneliness, fear and obsession, well portrayed by John Turturro as the grieving security guard. An intriguing film that keeps the viewer guessing. However, the story ultimately isn't satisfying and is at times too loose and aimless. Not a brilliant film but a certainly a good film.
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- TriviaNicolas Winding Refn's film company (Jang Go Star) went bankrupt after the box office failure of this film.
- GoofsWhen Peter calls the hotel and is connected to the lodge, the woman answers the phone with her left hand, talks to Peter with the phone in her left hand, and gestures to Harry with the phone in her left hand. When Harry approaches the woman to take the call, she is holding the phone out to him with her left hand. When the shot switches as he takes the phone from the woman, the phone is now in her right hand as she hands it to Harry.
- Crazy creditsThe closing credits appear on footage from CCTV security tapes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Tusind former for frygt (2003)
- SoundtracksLonely Rooms
Written and performed by Dana LaCroix
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