Was going to give this a 7 but the very last scene was so poignant & really got to me so I gave an extra point.
The lack of response by the apartment residents to the cries for help, the unwillingness of the witnesses to come forward, & the inability of the police to guarantee protection to those witnesses that do come forward, are all realistically depicted.
To digress briefly there was a similar occurrence (sans murder) in my building where my elderly neighbour was yelling for help from her balcony as she had locked herself out. Luckily my mum heard & asked me to check it out & I ended up ringing emergency services. Only after the firies came did much of our neighbours start coming out of their apartments to say they thought they heard someone yelling for help & asking if they could offer any help.
Getting back to the film, I thought the pace was great with never a dull moment, & the final scene of the witness standing where one of the victims had succumbed & yelling for help at the unresponsive buildings packs a punch.
Review of The Witness
