Nicole Kidman is at the center of every scene in “Destroyer” and she becomes progressively more badass as it moves along. As Los Angeles detective Erin Bell, she’s broken, angry, and hellbent on revenge from the very first frame. The rest of the movie explains how she got that way, but Karyn Kusama’s fiery L.A. noir doesn’t need much backstory for Kidman’s attitude to register as genuine. For the first time since her gritty boxing drama “Girlfight” launched Michelle Rodriguez nearly 20 years ago, the filmmaker has delivered a movie propelled by the ceaseless energy of a woman wrestling to take control of her circumstances, no matter the physical toll.
Erin cuts an emaciated figure; her eyes are baggy and purpled as she squints under the desert sun and limps toward a crime scene in the opening moments. There’s no telling what she’ll do...
Erin cuts an emaciated figure; her eyes are baggy and purpled as she squints under the desert sun and limps toward a crime scene in the opening moments. There’s no telling what she’ll do...
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- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
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