Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Eddie Redmayne | ... | Alex Forbes | |
Tom Sturridge | ... | Nigel Colbie | |
Toni Collette | ... | Sally Rowe | |
Richard Roxburgh | ... | Martin McKenzie | |
Kate Maberly | ... | Susan Mueller | |
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Jon Overton | ... | Josh Campbell (as Jonathan Overton) |
Amit Shah | ... | Raj Mehta | |
David Threlfall | ... | John Colbie | |
Cathryn Bradshaw | ... | Helen Colbie | |
Patrick Malahide | ... | Headmaster | |
Hugh Sachs | ... | Rev Donaldson | |
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Liam McKenna | ... | Mr Fergus |
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Bryan Robson | ... | Mr Evans |
Paul Sonkkila | ... | Police Bureaucrat | |
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Craig Crosbie | ... | Coroner |
The forensic psychiatric Sally Rowe is called by Detective Martin Mackenzie to analyze the profile of the teenager Alex Forbes, who was found in a train station holding the body of his schoolmate Nigel Colby and with powder in his hand. Alex discloses his relationship with Nigel, who believes that they were descendants of the Templar Knights, and how Nigel used the power of his mind to control him. Mackenzie believes that Alex is the killer, but Susan investigates the family of Nigel under pressure of Alex's father, and finds that all of them belong to an ancient and powerful secret society. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
I passed this film up on several trips to Blockbuster because I disliked the title and didn't care much for the photo on the DVD box. But, Blockbuster showcases so much crap, and I had basically exhausted all of my viewing choices when I finally settled on this DVD. To my great surprise, this is a fascinating movie, with just enough twists and turns to keep the viewer interested. Toni Colette is wonderful and believable in the role of a forensic psychologist tasked with interviewing a murder suspect. Her job: to weave together the fragments of his harrowing narrative in order to ascertain his culpability, which the impetuous arresting officer (he has testosterone seeping out of his pores) is eager to have confirmed. The film is brilliant because it pitches together a smart forensic psychologist who eventually has to pull her dusty textbooks off the shelf to read up on Gestalt, with a young man of remarkable, quiet brilliance and the cunning of a fox at the chicken coop. Well worth viewing.