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Dementia (2015)
Great story, well made, and stellar performances all around.
When an elderly Vietnam vet, George, begins suffering from dementia, his estranged family hire a live in nurse to take care of him. However the nurse harbors a sinister secret and has an agenda for agreeing to take care of the man.
The story kept me engaged the whole way through and was all around good. The ending was easily predicted but I don't feel like it was meant to be a big mystery and the story doesn't suffer at all from you knowing it. There was one element to the ending that I didn't see coming and was surprised they went that way (in a good way).
The acting is the highlight of the film for me. George Lockhart and Kristina Klebe's roles notably. Lockhart plays the role of a dementia suffering veteran convincingly and switched between the characters various emotions expertly. Between this and her role in PROXY (2013), Klebe has proved that she can play bad ass women with streaks of madness to a T. Hassie Harrison and Peter Cilella do well with their roles as the distant family members and then you have the always excellent, Richard Riehle, as George's friend.
I did feel like thinks kind of wrapped up a bit too early once things get revealed and it could have used a bit more expanding on that angle. All in all though I dug it and it's definitely worth a watch.
Saw II (2005)
Saw 2 breaks traditional sequel suckage.
I just seen the flick for the third time last night and I've got to say, it doesn't disappoint. It offers all that the first one had to offer and then some. My only gripe with the film is that it had too many center characters. With the film running at roughly an hour and a half, it's hard to focus on all of the cast and give them their own story. So if and when the next one comes out, I'd suggest keeping it down to three or less central characters (with side character killings ala Saw 1) or bump up the length to around two hours. All in all though, it was a great movie in a genre that seems to have ran dry of ideas. I give it a 9/10.