The first third promised something different :being fired is humiliating for a proud man who cannot stand it and goes mad with his family ,and his own boss .
Jonathan Hansler shines in the scene of the breakfast and mainly that of the "gifts", a cruel but effective sequence ; the nice house in the country is a wonderful way of spending some time away from the trouble and the strife , and perhaps to rebuild a united family. Violence is purely psychological and kept to a minimum level (the prisoner).
Unfortunately ,things begin to deteriorate by the second third ,and the screenplay becomes bloody ,repetitive and eventually terribly dull ; "the shining " cum "the night of the hunter" best describes this escalation of violence ,with tricks a la "Friday the Thirteenth" to secure a not-so-horrible ending : sonny has become a man, hasn't he? Sister has lost her boyfriend (no sooner had he appeared than he was slain)but she's safe thanks to her sibling's bravery .
1/3 good ;2/3 rubbish.
Jonathan Hansler shines in the scene of the breakfast and mainly that of the "gifts", a cruel but effective sequence ; the nice house in the country is a wonderful way of spending some time away from the trouble and the strife , and perhaps to rebuild a united family. Violence is purely psychological and kept to a minimum level (the prisoner).
Unfortunately ,things begin to deteriorate by the second third ,and the screenplay becomes bloody ,repetitive and eventually terribly dull ; "the shining " cum "the night of the hunter" best describes this escalation of violence ,with tricks a la "Friday the Thirteenth" to secure a not-so-horrible ending : sonny has become a man, hasn't he? Sister has lost her boyfriend (no sooner had he appeared than he was slain)but she's safe thanks to her sibling's bravery .
1/3 good ;2/3 rubbish.