Three boys are playing in the street when two pedophiles lure one of them into their car. The boy who was subjected to this (Tim Robbins) delivers a chilling and heartbreaking line "No more please". My heart broke into a thousand pieces. Robbins' character finally escapes, but their lives will never be the same. Incredible start to a movie. The men later reconnect after another terrible tragedy.
The domino effect is certainly interesting. Of course, you can sit and talk for hours about how small the chance is that you will even be born, but now we are talking about more trivial actions that can change so much. The film goes into this subject a bit and it is interesting. The traumatized boy's life was ruined because he happened to be in the wrong place that day.
The film has many good characters. Robbins, Penn and Bacon are phenomenal. Every character is interesting to follow. Robbins is phenomenal as the mentally damaged man. What he experienced as a child still hasn't left him, and without spoiling anything, it's a critical part of the story.
The biggest thing the film has going for it is the mystery. On several occasions I thought "what are the cops doing, even I can work this out", but then I'm proven completely wrong and the movie throws me back and forth like a rollercoaster. The plot is unpredictable, well written and interesting. My jaw dropped as the film began to put the final pieces of the puzzle in place. Goosebumps because it was so clever and powerful. One of the absolute best and darkest crime thrillers I've seen. Eastwood does it again.
The domino effect is certainly interesting. Of course, you can sit and talk for hours about how small the chance is that you will even be born, but now we are talking about more trivial actions that can change so much. The film goes into this subject a bit and it is interesting. The traumatized boy's life was ruined because he happened to be in the wrong place that day.
The film has many good characters. Robbins, Penn and Bacon are phenomenal. Every character is interesting to follow. Robbins is phenomenal as the mentally damaged man. What he experienced as a child still hasn't left him, and without spoiling anything, it's a critical part of the story.
The biggest thing the film has going for it is the mystery. On several occasions I thought "what are the cops doing, even I can work this out", but then I'm proven completely wrong and the movie throws me back and forth like a rollercoaster. The plot is unpredictable, well written and interesting. My jaw dropped as the film began to put the final pieces of the puzzle in place. Goosebumps because it was so clever and powerful. One of the absolute best and darkest crime thrillers I've seen. Eastwood does it again.