A sterner gripe can be made with Clint Mansell’s soundtrack. After handling the score to Darren Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream (one of the best cinematic score’s of all-time), better is expected. Also, with a lackluster rendition of “These Boots Are Made For Walkin’,” playing over the film’s final minutes, one has to ask, “Why would such a distractingly unpleasant track be chosen to match such a finely-crafted closing?”
Nevertheless, in stressing the repercussions of unethical acts and the power of karma, Greg Marcks’ well thought-out debut is worth every penny and minute that you spend on it. Go out and rent it; heck, go out and buy it. And, if you really want to impress your friends, start the film at 9:49 pm—that way, as the credits roll, the clock will read precisely 46 to midnight. (***1/2 out of ****)
Article comments
1 - Vesna
Delighted with the film. Have just seen it.Something quite new among hundreds of
similar boring films. Humor, suspense,
unexpected events. Bravo.
2 - Roger Dee
I was intrigued by this film the first time I saw the first half of it.
In viewing the entire work today I was taken by the precision of the backward movement of horrific events. Our brains are really wired for progressive events unfolding in any story. To encounter the series of interconnected lives and how they each interrelate with crashing force was vitally disturbing. The backward brilliance of this story was truly satisfying to the lover of film noir.