The first and second acts were solid, with great tension and conflict, but Act III faltered miserably and ultimately destroyed the story of the film and its impact.
The acting and photography were amazing, and painted a strong tale of "doing the right thing", "revenge" and "maintaining one's beliefs". The three main characters represented the good (farmer), the evil (serial killer) and the one in the middle (city cop).
Though the outrageous fall and escape of the serial killer from the police seemed a bit over the top, at least he was battered and cut-up pretty severely, so I let that go since the rest of the story, initially at least, was solid. But why did the serial killer wonder if his every word was being recorded? He was too smart to think otherwise and I found that notion to be completely unrealistic.
But Act III unraveled quickly as if the writer lost his senses. Somehow, someway this killer, who had everything absconded by police, seemed to have 50,000 Euros stashed somewhere to bribe a police technician. That technician smuggled the killer's diary out to a publisher and he got the murderer an un-named poison that would kill him in two days.
If that wasn't far-fetched, to see such poorly animated deer rally around the farmer and his son, as if a message from God, was ludicrous and took the story out of the hands of the characters. Deus ex machina is a pathetic ploy as well as a needless cliché.
What a shame. It's as if all that tremendous acting, tension and phenomenal cinematography was wasted - annihilating a brutal and poignant story with trickery and absurdity.
The acting and photography were amazing, and painted a strong tale of "doing the right thing", "revenge" and "maintaining one's beliefs". The three main characters represented the good (farmer), the evil (serial killer) and the one in the middle (city cop).
Though the outrageous fall and escape of the serial killer from the police seemed a bit over the top, at least he was battered and cut-up pretty severely, so I let that go since the rest of the story, initially at least, was solid. But why did the serial killer wonder if his every word was being recorded? He was too smart to think otherwise and I found that notion to be completely unrealistic.
But Act III unraveled quickly as if the writer lost his senses. Somehow, someway this killer, who had everything absconded by police, seemed to have 50,000 Euros stashed somewhere to bribe a police technician. That technician smuggled the killer's diary out to a publisher and he got the murderer an un-named poison that would kill him in two days.
If that wasn't far-fetched, to see such poorly animated deer rally around the farmer and his son, as if a message from God, was ludicrous and took the story out of the hands of the characters. Deus ex machina is a pathetic ploy as well as a needless cliché.
What a shame. It's as if all that tremendous acting, tension and phenomenal cinematography was wasted - annihilating a brutal and poignant story with trickery and absurdity.