dbborroughs Review of The Unjust

The Unjust (2010)

Excellent film for most of it's running time only gets into trouble with action and twists in the final 20 minutes

[8/10 · 16 June 2011]

This is a film that is about the hunt for a suspect who is raping and killing young girls. The police think they have a suspect but he's shot by a cop who is an uncle of a victim, and without strong evidence they have to do something that will satisfy the public. A frame up is in order and they talk a good cop with problems complete the frame. From their the story spins out as tale of corruption and back stabbing as everyone wants to get ahead (and everyone's loyalties seem to be on one side or another of a real estate deal) More or less a tight knit drama for most of it's running time the film cracks in the final 20 or 25 minutes with a bit of violence and a few twists that seem tacked on and which deflate much of what was going on. I really liked it, and would have loved to have seen it on a big screen, but the end with it's unremarkable twists disappointed me.