A superb witness hunt movie in which police officers corrupted by drug trafficking hunt down a policewoman because she has witnessed something they shouldn't and risks compromising them. To get out, she tries to rely on the local population, then on her fellow cops, and also on gangs who are not inclined to help her at first sight. Noamie Harris is trapped in a labyrinth of survival.
A fine cast, with Naomi Harris and Tyrese Gibson in subtle performances. With effective directing, natural-looking yet very dark sets and reconstructions, and cinematography by Dante Spinotti, who needs no introduction: all this is driven by a screenplay that perfectly manages each of the dramatic arcs and their interweaving, penned by Peter A. Dowling, who knows his stuff. Dowling, who knows his stuff. The dramatic principle is that the viewer wonders how she's going to get out of this situation, knowing that everyone wants her dead, and that the more the story progresses, the greater the obstacles. It's a well-born film, then. The film's great achievement is its dark, nihilistic atmosphere, where the law has almost no place.
It's a fine piece of chase work, with tension constantly rising to a crescendo.
A fine cast, with Naomi Harris and Tyrese Gibson in subtle performances. With effective directing, natural-looking yet very dark sets and reconstructions, and cinematography by Dante Spinotti, who needs no introduction: all this is driven by a screenplay that perfectly manages each of the dramatic arcs and their interweaving, penned by Peter A. Dowling, who knows his stuff. Dowling, who knows his stuff. The dramatic principle is that the viewer wonders how she's going to get out of this situation, knowing that everyone wants her dead, and that the more the story progresses, the greater the obstacles. It's a well-born film, then. The film's great achievement is its dark, nihilistic atmosphere, where the law has almost no place.
It's a fine piece of chase work, with tension constantly rising to a crescendo.