Brandon Boyce brings a Stephen King novella to the screen. Bryan Singer directs this moody and dark look at furthering education. A brilliant young student (Brad Renfro) hungers for more knowledge of the Holocaust. He cleverly discovers an elderly neighbor (Ian McKellen) is in fact a runaway Nazi. Blackmail and fear cause the old man to tell stories of the war crimes never printed in a school book. The war criminal succumbs to weakness and the mild mannered school boy relishes his new found power and assertiveness. This is a thriller more than a chiller. Your brain stays engaged. Don't miss this one. David Schwimmer is miss cast as a guidance counciler.
Review of Apt Pupil
