The good: excellent direction by a director who has proven that he can create excellent hardhitting dramas (Meadowland). But now he has made a suspensefull (dramatic) thriller, with true to life characters I can believe in. I need believable characters to really get into a movie, any movie. And this movie has got just that. Great!
More good: Great actors. Really great. Jude Law and Blake Lively are top of the bill. Excellent acting performances, really good! What more could I wish for? A believable story is what I need as well. The story did sound a bit ridiculous when I read it. Even when I saw the trailer I did think "naah, too unlikely", BUT when watching this movie, I had no problems anymore with the credibility.
The photography and soundtrack (Hans Zimmer) are gorgeous, those are 2 things I really appreciate and those technical qualities are a sign a lot of attention for detail went into this movie.
Any bad? Well if you dont like female empowered characters, this movie might not be for you. Lately several good (and many mediocre) female empowered action movies have been released. This one is definitely one of the best.
BEWARE, this movie has got quite a grungy, bleak look and feel. It's gritty. Dark. Even somewhat depressing. The leading character is a down and out prostitute, totally wasted mentally, excellently played by Blake Lively. Some might not like this gritty, bleak feel.
Mind you, this is NOT a regular nonstop action movie, although it is wrongly presented that way in the trailer, but it isnt. What I mean to say is that this is firstmost a character driven suspenseful movie and not an action movie, although there are a few terrific action scenes that are of the same high quality as in The Bourne series with Matt Damon. There is much more suspense and drama in this movie though than there is action, just so you know what to expect....
I dont understand why this movie has skipped beneath the radar and hasnt gotten a higher rating. It is definitely worth a try IF you are into bleak CHARACTER driven suspenseful movies.
The story: the parents of Blake Lively get killed in a plane accident. Later she finds out the plane accident was an attack and she think she knows who did it. REVENGE! Will she find her parent's killers? Or will she die trying?
More good: Great actors. Really great. Jude Law and Blake Lively are top of the bill. Excellent acting performances, really good! What more could I wish for? A believable story is what I need as well. The story did sound a bit ridiculous when I read it. Even when I saw the trailer I did think "naah, too unlikely", BUT when watching this movie, I had no problems anymore with the credibility.
The photography and soundtrack (Hans Zimmer) are gorgeous, those are 2 things I really appreciate and those technical qualities are a sign a lot of attention for detail went into this movie.
Any bad? Well if you dont like female empowered characters, this movie might not be for you. Lately several good (and many mediocre) female empowered action movies have been released. This one is definitely one of the best.
BEWARE, this movie has got quite a grungy, bleak look and feel. It's gritty. Dark. Even somewhat depressing. The leading character is a down and out prostitute, totally wasted mentally, excellently played by Blake Lively. Some might not like this gritty, bleak feel.
Mind you, this is NOT a regular nonstop action movie, although it is wrongly presented that way in the trailer, but it isnt. What I mean to say is that this is firstmost a character driven suspenseful movie and not an action movie, although there are a few terrific action scenes that are of the same high quality as in The Bourne series with Matt Damon. There is much more suspense and drama in this movie though than there is action, just so you know what to expect....
I dont understand why this movie has skipped beneath the radar and hasnt gotten a higher rating. It is definitely worth a try IF you are into bleak CHARACTER driven suspenseful movies.
The story: the parents of Blake Lively get killed in a plane accident. Later she finds out the plane accident was an attack and she think she knows who did it. REVENGE! Will she find her parent's killers? Or will she die trying?