Well, hello there, kind folks. If you’re visiting this blog of mine, I presume that you have a certain interest in the cinema. As for me, even since my early childhood, I have had a deep love of everything related to movies and television. As far as I can remember, I have been more at ease in front of a screen than in the yard, outside, playing. It is a great way to travel, though other people’s stories, without having to foot any kind of steep bill. Over the years, I feel that movie-watching has even fuelled my own creativity.

All that being said, I welcome you in my Cinephile’s Nest. I hope you enjoy it here, feel free to come back at any time. Here you will find reviews of current movies and older ones. TV shows also. Some classics that have remained some of my favourites, some that have disappointed me. I will use a very basic star (*) system to grade them from 1 to 5 (5 being sliced bread level). Remember, these are just my tastes. I will try to explain in each review what I liked about these particular movies, without giving spoilers.

Il y aura aussi des critiques en français pour les films francophones, car j'aime également le cinéma dans ma langue maternelle. Avant d'apprendre l'anglais, plus jeune, je louais des tonnes de films traduits en français, surtout ceux de Bud Spencer et Terrence Hill. Ma mère a eu le choc de sa vie lorsqu'un jour, dans la boîte d'un de ces films, Deep Throat avait malencontreusement inséré. Une expérience formatrice pour le jeune cinéphile que je suis.

Bienvenue à tous, amusez-vous bien.

I welcome you all here, enjoy yourself.

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

A Vigilante (2018)

Genre: Drama
Directed by: Sarah Daggar-Nickson
Starring: Olivia Wilde, Morgan Spector, Kyle Catlett
Running time: 91 minutes

 


Sadie is a woman who escaped an abusive relationship that cost her the life of her young son. After attending support group meetings and seeing so many other cases like hers, she decides to train herself and serve justice to help other women and children stuck in situations of domestic violence.

Olivia Wilde is truly fearless in the lead role here, and I feel that the writer and director, Sarah Daggar-Nickson, did not do her performance justice here with some of her decisions. It is as if, while tackling such a difficult but very present issue, she was trying to be artsy and cute about it. She seemed to want to shy away from most of the violence. What we get is a film about vigilantism where most of the violence is implied. There was no need to be overly graphic, but some of the cuts in various scenes felt silly.

Nonetheless, mostly for Wilde’s performance and the riveting aspect of the story, I still appreciated this film.

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