Quirky
little suspense film that earns all of its payoff.
Not exact matches
With the artful and clever concept of
little to no dialogue, the
film keeps the audience engaged and too scared to make a sound themselves (you don't even wan to munch on your popcorn) Yes, as with many thrillers, there are a few plot holes, but the plot is unique, the acting is good and
suspense is palpable.
Bassett uses lots of filtering and camera tricks to try and hide the budget of the
film and it hurts the horror and ruins what
little suspense is featured in the
film.
However, there is very
little payoff to that
suspense, and that's where this
film fails as a quality picture.
Yet, the
film plays out with
little sense of requisite
suspense that made the first Psycho such a great
film, and many of the scenes, including the murders, play out as if they were made for a psychological drama, rather than in a scary horror flick or tense, nail - biting thriller.
While the
film doesn't always maintain its intensity level, The Village is still an entertaining choice for older teens who might enjoy a
little spooky
suspense without unnecessary content.
One of the greatest of all
suspense films, this legendary French shocker is Clouzot's nerve - rending account of four expatriate drivers trying to escape a horrible
little South American backwater by driving two truckloads of nitroglycerin to a burning oil field over dangerous mountain roads.
A very underrated heist
film that deftly mixes dark humor,
suspense, and drama in one neat
little gem of
film.
Admittedly, the production value has improved with more characterful creature effects and the claustrophobic locations make for more scope for
suspense, but the pedestrian direction and tired formula makes the
film feel like a TV movie with
little in the way of flair or imagination.
Of course with a
film that solely depends on «is she or isn't she»,
suspense is the main ingredient for a
film like this, and story focuses on
little else.
Directed and co-written by Phil Alden Robinson, the man responsible for the equally entertaining, Field of Dreams, the
film works on many levels, mixing comedy, action,
suspense, drama, and even a
little romance.
If you step away from the tension and
suspense Our Kind of Traitor builds, you will see how impressive this small
little film presents itself.
The
little amount of
suspense that the
film does generate eventually dissolves and is unrewarding.