Restraint (2008)

A young couple on the run hole up in a country estate with a hostage in tow.

Director:

David Denneen

Writer:

Dave Warner

Stars:

Travis Fimmel, Teresa Palmer, Stephen Moyer

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Travis Fimmel	...	Ron
Teresa Palmer	...	Dale
Stephen Moyer	...	Andrew
Phillip Holder	...	Sgt Paul Widdens (as Philip Holder)
Margie McCrae	...	Mrs. Wynott
Peter Davies	...	Terry Gilmore
Taylor Owyns	...	Angela - Antique Dealer (as Taylor Owynns)
Keith Robinson	...	Mr. Middleton
Nate Jones	...	Tim
Alyssa McClelland	...	Gabrielle
Patrick Ward	...	Andrew's father
Joanne Hunt	...	Constable Blainey (as Josy Lee Hunt)
Mike Willesee	...	Sky News reader #1
Vanessa Redgrave	...	Sky News reader #2
Fabio Nardo	...	Joey's dead body

Storyline

A small time criminal, Ron, has killed the boss of his girlfriend and they are escaping from the police. After killing a gas station attendant, Ron drives to an old manor in the middle of nowhere where Andrew, an agoraphobic, lives, in order to exchange their car. When he notes that Andrew is a wealthy man, Ron decides to get money from Andrew to travel to Thailand. Andrew notices that Dale resembles his fiancée, Gabrielle, who left him six months ago. He proposes that Dale dye her hair and go to the bank with two cheques of $20,000.00 pretending that she is Gabrielle. But things do not go according to plan.

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Plot Keywords:

female nudity | infidelity | cheating girlfriend | man tied up | tied to chair | 

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Taglines:

Seclusion. Seduction. Survival.

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, sexual content and language

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Ronald's girlfriend gets up at the breakfast table, and tousles his hair, Ronald is holding a glass of milk in his right hand. There's a cut to a wide shot, and Ronald is not holding the milk. There's not enough time for him to have put it down

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Quotes

[first lines]
Andrew: [calling to his escaped cockatoo] Charlie. Charlie, come on.

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Connections

Features His Girl Friday (1940)

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Soundtracks

Lohengrin-Introduction To Act III
Written by Richard Wagner
Performed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London

User Reviews

interesting dark and edgy, very good effort

The film starts as it means to go on, straight into the story with very little character background and very little messing around, the pacing is carefully measured and it moves along perfectly

The lead male(reminds me of Brad Pitt) is excellent in the role, as are all the characters actually, and considering its mainly the same 3 people on screen the whole time in a small space it is done very well

The plot centres around a young couple who are on the run, they take the owner of an estate hostage and then a psychological battle begins

Never saw any of these actors before but would look forward to seeing them again!really enjoyed the flick the only issue i had was i thought the very end was a little weak, overall a very good watch and i highly recommend it as a film that you probably wont hear much about but it is excellent all the same

Details

Official Sites:

Official site for

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 August 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Guests

Filming Locations:

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmgraphics Entertainment, Film Finance

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color