Risk

This film, about corruption in an insurance company, is a competent thriller, but somehow fails to rise to its potential.

It has a great cast. Tom Long is very good as the compassionate ingénue in the cynical world of insurance. Bryan Brown is also good as the wise old hand, who recognises Ben's (Long's) potential; and Claudia Karvan also plays the sexy tough lawyer with aplomb.

But somehow, this thriller failed to engage and to thrill, me at least. Somehow I couldn't care about the people. I did like the street scenes of familiar but little known parts of Sydney, often filmed with a fish-eye lens to increase the level of exotica.

But in the end, the film left me a little cold. Try Hell Has Harbour Views for a better attempt at this topic.