This score is wild. Almost Rain Man-level tonal misfire.
Willem Dafoe in his sexiest role?
Editing was sometimes disjointedly abrupt/elliptical, sometimes dreamy and interesting.
I like how the story wrinkles late in the game. It's bold and I don't know if I've seen that done before. The main cop's vendetta actually becomes eclipsed by the action he takes, and redefines the story. Or at least it could have -- that thread, instead of converging with the revenge plot and…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I'm feeling ambivalent about this one. Especially the ending. It was Nic Hoult's ending, not Jude Law's. The subjective experience of his death in a fire. Is this too much of a warrior's send-off? Or was the film wanting to make a point by depicting how it really ends for men like this?
If the latter is the message, then it would seem like the problem is its medium. Yes, this is in fact what happens when you are…
A man accused of many crimes acts as his own defense attorney in this timely courtroom drama.
