Sutton does manage to work in a great
bit near the end of the film where Bobby asks Gil what he wants from him, and, after a moment of pondering, Gil can't come up with an answer.
Not exact matches
The
ending is a
bit... well, it's ok., but the rest
of the fiml is
near perfect If you are a horror
film fan, buy it.
Mosab's father, however, still believes him a traitor and has disowned him much like the majority
of Palestinians, a point Schirman makes a
bit too much on the nose by having Mosab deliver a lengthy speech
near the
film's
end, culminating in choking back and wiping away tears.
But the score, much like the
film, has this kind
of old Hollywood movie making feel to it, and though it gets a
bit sappy
near the
end, it's still filled with a lot
of tension.
As brilliant as I find the
film in its parts, as a whole I can't completely rave, as the
film does falter a
bit due to a lack
of focus and there are some weak scenes, especially as the
film nears the
ending, which should have been edited out
of the rather long
film to make sure the storyline stays tight.
I would also surmise from the nonsense
near the
end of the
film that there is quite a
bit of material which was excised for purposes
of time, and the intended finished product probably was meant to make more sense.
The point, I think, at which I dangerously lost faith comes
near the
end, when what should be the
film's rather horrifying climax is turned into an ill - timed
bit of jaunty humor.