Review of Prisoners

Prisoners (2013)
7/10
Very solid film, but what? ...
6 January 2014
Warning: Spoilers
I don't normally write reviews, but this time I have to do it. The movie deserves a solid 9/10 , but because of the ending, I "took" off 2 stars. I mean really? The ending is not COOL, is frustrating, is not something which let's you think about it, how it might ends and such. No, it just "tells" you that there is a happy ending, but without showing it, which from my point of view and with this kind of a story, a somehow NORMAL ending would have been amazing.

An ending which should have let you think about it, was an ending without the last whistle or an ending where the cop was staring at the car, like a thinker with that nice soundtrack on the background. That would have been a far better ending and NOT this ending where somehow it tells you "hey , oh, you are there, nice, let me just...." and then the director says "CUT! Good job everyone" .

Anyway, up until the ending, the movie is very strong with some minor "lefts out" here and there. Worth seeing it.
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