A.C.’s Review: This film is a Spike Lee remake of
a somewhat infamous South Korean by the same name.
Starring Josh Brolin and Elisabeth
Olsen (younger sister of the Olson
Twins and soon to play the Scarlett
Witch in AVENGERS 2). Brolin
plays a reprehensible alcoholic who one morning after a binge wakes up in a
hotel room…only it’s not a hotel room but a prison cell designed to look
like one. The private prison is overseen by Samuel L. Jackson.
Brolin spends the next 20 years in the prison wondering
who put him there and why. During that time he undergoes a transformation from
drunk to a martial artist (learned from the TV supplied in his room) planning
for the day he escapes all the while yearning to reconnect with his daughter
who was three at the time of his imprisonment. Inexplicably his captor lets him
free but Brolin must remain a fugitive because the captor framed Brolin for his ex-wife’s murder.
Now the anti-hero must clear his
name, exact revenge and reunite with his daughter. Along the way he’s aided by
a woman he has met upon his release played by Olson.
What follows is a very graphic odyssey
of sex and violence where heads are partially blown off from shot gun blasts,
people are tortured with salt in open wounds to name a few as Brolin must examine his own past in
hopes of understanding why he was imprisoned and save the life of his daughter.
It all concludes with a twist on the level of THE SIXTH SENSE that may horrify viewers more than all the onscreen
violence.
Best Scene: Brolin wasting bad guys as he makes his way back into the prison to confront Samuel L. Jackson in search of information. Not a film filled with humor but the funniest thing was him telling Olson he needed to see the yellow pages and asking where all the pay phones are.
A.C.’s Rating:This movie is not everyone’s cup of tea but if you can find it in one of the only 500 theaters its playing in nationwide, it’s worth admission price. When it comes out on DVD it’s going to be a good rental.
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