The actors are excellent in this thriller. For a good part, so is the script. But unfortunately for the great detective, the script is a big cheat. Midway through the film I began to realize that all the clues and twists the audience are fed are not based on any facts actually discovered. Instead, they are fed to the viewer to make the movie move foward and fool the audience.
Little is worse than the super twist ending which is only clever to give double meaning about a short story about a fish but completely undermines the entire story by itself. There isn't any reason to believe Reno's character was a part of anything. I wasn't even sure I understood how he fit into the story in the first place since there was no reason, especially in the justice system, for him to be there.
A huge gash on the hand of our school teacher is meant to mislead the audience but little to no attention is paid to it at all. It just happened - no hospital trip or investigation, no solid recall of how it happened. That was the first time I couldn't understand what was going on.
The school teacher leaving a substantial amount of blood on the table despite his bandage not leaking at all nor was there any reason to think it would happen.
Scene recreations designed to make the user believe that facts were being revealed to sway the viewer.
The little O for Oliver - were both diaries now fakes? But the first one was discovered by the father. Are we supposed to believe that was planted?
I could go on with how many silly, dumb twists this movie made, as if written in without solid thought about how these could work consistently. They are there solely as plot devices.
But the end... an unforgivable cheat which probably gives a good explanation of all the holes in the above. 8 for the actors, 3 for the script.
Little is worse than the super twist ending which is only clever to give double meaning about a short story about a fish but completely undermines the entire story by itself. There isn't any reason to believe Reno's character was a part of anything. I wasn't even sure I understood how he fit into the story in the first place since there was no reason, especially in the justice system, for him to be there.
A huge gash on the hand of our school teacher is meant to mislead the audience but little to no attention is paid to it at all. It just happened - no hospital trip or investigation, no solid recall of how it happened. That was the first time I couldn't understand what was going on.
The school teacher leaving a substantial amount of blood on the table despite his bandage not leaking at all nor was there any reason to think it would happen.
Scene recreations designed to make the user believe that facts were being revealed to sway the viewer.
The little O for Oliver - were both diaries now fakes? But the first one was discovered by the father. Are we supposed to believe that was planted?
I could go on with how many silly, dumb twists this movie made, as if written in without solid thought about how these could work consistently. They are there solely as plot devices.
But the end... an unforgivable cheat which probably gives a good explanation of all the holes in the above. 8 for the actors, 3 for the script.