Friday 9 May 2014

Film Review: Anna (original tile Mindscape)

Genre: Drama Thriller 

Cert: 18 cert (R-rated)

Director: Jorge Dorado

Screen writer: Guy Holmes, Martha Holmes

Starring: Noah Taylor,  Taissa Farmiga , Mark Strong, Indira Varma , Brian Cox, Clare Calbraith , Jessica Barden , Saskia Reeves ,Rod Hallett ,Alberto Ammann ,Richard Dillane ,Sanny van Heteren ,Antonia Clarke ,Benjamin Nathan-Serio ,Julio Perillán.

Running time: 99 min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & NudityWe can see a man and a woman after having sex
Some sexual dialogue and references
We can see two naked girls in a computer (breasts are briefly seen)

Violence & Gore: Nothing too explicit.
A man takes a woman to the ground
We can see a woman in a bathtub with alot of blood
A woman falls down the stairs
Some teens are poisoned and we can see them spitting blood
Some bloody images and dialogue about suicide

Profanity: Mild language.  

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: piles are seen taken

Frightening/Intense Scenes: Disturbing and violent images throughout
Some frightening moments as the film does have a dark moody tone



Story: A man with the ability to enter peoples' memories takes on the case of a brilliant, troubled sixteen-year-old girl to determine whether she is a sociopath or a victim of trauma.

Likes : I recognize three of the cast Brian Cox ,mark strong & Indira Varma (starred in human target)
i don't recognize the young Taissa Farmiga as ive not seen her before. But i found her performance brilliant she presented a very complex and intriguing character in this film some what sinister in the way her character is you can see there is something no quiet right about her but this film doesn't reveal to much quickly. From the very beginning it is engaging and well paced movie that never quite lets up on the intrigue and it does a brilliant job of making you not wanting to look away.
 Once you get i to the film & you start learn the rules of the memory diving you find yourself trying to deconstruct the entire plot to figure out what is actually going on but this fim cleverly hide's the real plot to what is really happen until the very end this adds a brilliant twist to a very good psychological thriller with very good twists and turns that keep you guess until the very end.
The concept of the film is very much like the cell, where Mark strong's character can see through memories like a physic, but actual walk through to see what is actual going on to the find out the past to why the people has mental issues or psychological problems its very clever film to show through the mind of someones past.
If your looking for a good  psychological thriller this is film i recommend watching.

Dislikes : The only problem really is the pace of the film is very slow it can drag on but it allow the story to develop, the ending is kind of unclear & unending leave you with more question but apart from that this is a very good film to watch.


Overall : psychological thriller, dark moody tone, great acting, clever twists & turn's & a twist you wont see coming.

Rating: 4.3 out of 5 for entertainment / 8.4 out of 10 for story-line / twist in the concept





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