Not exact matches
District 9 is an
incredibly effective parable about human rights abuses against refugees, while also functioning as a thrilling science - fiction action
film.
But once you get past that element of Kidd's screenplay (based on the novel by Helen Schulman), there's certainly a lot here worth embracing - particularly Linney's performance, which is
incredibly strong (though not entirely surprising, given how
effective she's been in
films like You Can Count On Me and Mystic River).
That lack of trust is what drives the
film's central mystery, which is
incredibly effective in its simplicity.
First and foremost, it's an
incredibly effective thriller which can easily be called a horror
film, more than suspenseful enough to keep you alarmed at all times, with one of the most compelling finales ever seen in cinema.
An example of a recent
film to have an
incredibly effective jump scare would be James Wan's haunter Insidious.
The
film's
incredibly effective sound design is also captured quite well in the immersive DTS - HD MA audio track with effects spread out through the field and the period - correct dialogue coming through clearly.
As for Prisoners, director Denis Villenevue makes his studio
film debut with an
incredibly tense and
effective thriller.