Sunday, September 29, 2013

Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners (2013)

I can easily say that Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Paul Dano and etc is one the best films in 2013. With its daunting premise and knit-tight screenplay provided by Aaron Guzikowski, Prisoners tells a story about the way a person can become unhinged by losing a loved one and the lengths they will go to get "justice." The more I think about it, the more incredible the entire story becomes as Villeneuve sets each piece of the puzzle and like magic, it is only after hours of seeing the film that those pieces magically come together to showcase the mental, physical, emotional side effects of being the imprisoned. Villeneuve loves to put people through the gauntlet with his intensely suffocating film premises that not only drown you into the depth of your sorrows but force you to question your own morality. A