Unforgiven (2018) User Reviews

For some people a tragedy like this is simply too much (even more, if the guilty ones want to get away with it).

[stefano-detoni · 8/10 · 7 February 2019]

It is not what everybody expected to see from a show-man like Dmitriy Nagiev, including I. Therefore it was a pleasant surprise for me, and for the same reason a delusion for others. So, the movie is well done, is corageous, both in the sense that Nagiev is a star as entertainer of the small screen, and in the sense that today, doing a movie which investigates feelings, motivations, the sense of justice, the right or not-right to take the law into one's own hands, death and mourn, is not the way to become a block-buster. The director makes the choice of making a movie about the inner self of the main character, about how he copes with a tragedy which struck and swept away his beloved family from one day to the other. A tragedy which was due to human mistakes, and human carelessness, I may say. More than the death of his wife and children, he is tormented by his feeling of guilt (true or imaginary) for having invited them to Spain, and by the refusal of the man who was responsible for the tragedy to beg pardon. He just cannot accept that the company wants to get away with it only by giving him a compensation, like for having stained his suite. Here the director and the scriptwriters are able in representing the executive of the company as not interested at all in the human sorrow they have caused, but only in getting rid of the whole matter, preserving their appearance in front of the public opinion. On top of this, the man who made the awful mistake is so haughty that he will not say he is sorry, even if he puts the whole company into an embarrassing position and even if with that few words he could get rid of that irritating man. His haughtiness goes beyond even his self-interest. This refusal to ask for pardon hits the widowed more than anything else, and maybe we can understand him. This does not mean sharing his deed, which is after all difficult to interpret: is it revenge, though not planned, or "only" a moment of wrath? Be it the one of the other, it is the result of his not being able to cope with the sorrow which struck him. The inner motivations play their role, but I keep myself from approving self-justice, even if for the detestable behaviour of somebody. Anyway, it is a movie which stimulates the spectator to reflect and build his own ideas and opinion on what goes on on the screen and happened in reality. The pace is slow, the action is minimal, the atmosphere the feelings are more important than the plot. And the budget is low. But the film is more than respectable, the director has a secure hand and a precise look, and the show-man who plays in it is a true actor.

Not original story but great act

[laurukas · 8/10 · 29 November 2018]

The story is not original - it might be copied and it looks like many other drama movies. A man has it all - honesty and his family. And it is all taken from him - plane crashes, a lot of people die because of human error and this is where the drama begins. One man show, one man drama, one man act. The environment around is not very important and it's not as captivating as the acting of Nagyjev (and I'm not even a fan of his work). The story won't end well - more people will die. Nevertheless, all stars go for acting.

When revenge beats suffering and humiliation

[aspiration-ini · 6/10 · 9 December 2021]

The strongest attraction of the movie is an idea that some human errors are unforgiven. The western system of justice has a gaping holes and some bloody, sheer revenge is an indispensable tool to overcome suffering and regain psychological freedom. The movie has a few fantastic, outstanding episodes but overall spectator enthrallment drastically decreases when script and director fail to expose an infinite of feelings from new perspectives and through more sophisticated cinematographic instruments.

Script 6/10 Director 5/10 Actors 7/10 Immersion 4/10.

Do you want revenge about your family?

[ivanjagr · 10/10 · 19 January 2022]

It's always very hard and with a lump in my throat I've read stories and watched movies about any tragedies. After reading for the first time about the tragedy over Lake Constance and personally the story of Vitaly Kaloev, I fell into a stupor. It was then that I first wondered: the Court did not find guilty the man who ruined many lives. Including two children and Vitaly Kaloev's wife. What would each of us do in his place?

The film helps to reveal Kaloev's character, how much he loved his family and what he was ready to do for them. And in many ways this is the merit of Dmitry Nagiyev, who opened up for me in a completely new genre. It is unlikely that any other actor could so clearly notice how a person is mentally killed, how bad a person is without a family.

The most important question that I think the film asks the viewer, what would any person do in Vitaly's place? Is it a bit of killing a person who is the culprit of the death of your family? Should I spare him if he apologized? A very good and debatable question, to which I never gave an answer to myself personally.

In general, I even let a tear while watching

Definitely, the film should put a dozen, for a very well-described tragedy of one person and for the perfectly played role of Dmitry Nagiyev.

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[Patrick_PradeBR · 2/10 · 11 December 2020]

Slow and repetitive film, it has neither suspense nor emotion. I didn't like it one bit.