Tuesday, April 10, 2018

You Were Never Really Here (Movie Review)

Storyline

Balancing between feverish dreamlike hallucinations of a tormented past and a grim disoriented reality, the
grizzled Joe--a traumatized Gulf War veteran and now an unflinching hired gun who lives with his frail elderly mother--has just finished successfully yet another job. With an infernal reputation of being a brutal man of results, the specialized in recovering missing teens enforcer will embark on a blood-drenched rescue mission, when Nina, the innocent 13-year-old daughter of an ambitious New York senator, never returns home. But amidst half-baked leads and a desperate desire to shake off his shoulders the heavy burden of a personal hell, Joe's frenzied plummet into the depths of Tartarus is inevitable, and every step Joe takes to flee the pain, brings him closer to the horrors of insanity. In the end, what is real, and what is a dream? Can there be a new chapter in Joe's life when he keeps running around in circles?


Review

I felt this movie was a really good film. Some may think that it is slow in spots, but I feel it was well written to embody the full story of Joe dealing with his current life blended with his military past, as well as his childhood all meshed together.

Overall I give the movie a 8 out of 10