A guy gets out of prison when he's 18 after just a few short years... for killing both his parents. Apparently, it was due to the medication he was on at the time... and this held up in court. Yeah, right. Not in America. For some reason, he also has his criminal record expunged. Lucky him. A sort-of retired detective, who suspects him of murdering more, tails him on his release... and so does a teenage girl, who has a scrapbook full of his news articles and a turbulent home life. What's gonna happen? Well quite a bit, as you'll see.
Despite what the blurb on the box may say, this is NOT an 'edge of your seat thriller'. It's more of a quiet reflection of three damaged people who get caught up in each other lives... some possibly have hope, but others are beyond saving. We KNOW Jon Foster's character is a merciless killer... but we don't see much evidence of that in his calm demeanor. It's always the quiet ones, eh? And Russell Crowe cuts a sympathetic figure as the lawman with a comatose wife, and a dogged determination to keep this dude in jail, even resorting to...
As for the strange young lady who turns up in the back of Foster's car one day, now THERE'S an interesting case. Portrayed by Sophie Traub, she's been abused by her stepfather, ignored by her birth mother and forced to expose herself at work to a perverted boss. So, in perspective, her infatuation with this criminal may not be so odd after all. Of course, she has other reasons to follow him, which I wouldn't dream of revealing. Do you want me to be one of those jerks who loads his reviews with SPOILERS?
On the basis as to whether it's actually any good, there are a few gaps in logic... such as the policeman who stops the car of a guy who's just been imprisoned for murder when it U-turns off the road... sees a schoolgirl in the front seat with him... and lets them both leave with barely a word. Not to mention the ending, which I'm sure will be a divisive one for the majority of the audience. But it's well acted, holds the attention and cannot be accused of being predictable. In fact, that's the last thing it is... 6/10
Despite what the blurb on the box may say, this is NOT an 'edge of your seat thriller'. It's more of a quiet reflection of three damaged people who get caught up in each other lives... some possibly have hope, but others are beyond saving. We KNOW Jon Foster's character is a merciless killer... but we don't see much evidence of that in his calm demeanor. It's always the quiet ones, eh? And Russell Crowe cuts a sympathetic figure as the lawman with a comatose wife, and a dogged determination to keep this dude in jail, even resorting to...
As for the strange young lady who turns up in the back of Foster's car one day, now THERE'S an interesting case. Portrayed by Sophie Traub, she's been abused by her stepfather, ignored by her birth mother and forced to expose herself at work to a perverted boss. So, in perspective, her infatuation with this criminal may not be so odd after all. Of course, she has other reasons to follow him, which I wouldn't dream of revealing. Do you want me to be one of those jerks who loads his reviews with SPOILERS?
On the basis as to whether it's actually any good, there are a few gaps in logic... such as the policeman who stops the car of a guy who's just been imprisoned for murder when it U-turns off the road... sees a schoolgirl in the front seat with him... and lets them both leave with barely a word. Not to mention the ending, which I'm sure will be a divisive one for the majority of the audience. But it's well acted, holds the attention and cannot be accused of being predictable. In fact, that's the last thing it is... 6/10