breakadawn

This would've been better served as a fully animated feature. Think Tron In black and white, with very thin plot and dialogue. While the medium has its merits (beautiful at times), I think it hurts the film overall. I never fully felt like I was "experiencing" the action and suspense or absorbed into the world-- it just felt flat and dull. With so much negative space in certain scenes, you end up spending too much effort trying to figure out what shapes are are being formed. I wanted to love this film but watching it for the 3rd time (this time with the English voice-over, which, even with Daniel Craig, is not as good as in French with subtitles), I can't really say that I enjoyed the film as a whole.

I desperately wanted to like this movie only because I'm a Kilmer fan, and appreciate the efforts of veteran actors like William Sadler, but even they couldn't save this poorly written piece from rental oblivion. If this were a student film piece, this movie would certainly showcase the promise and potential of everyone involved. Even though this was made on a low budget, it's a flat-footed attempt at a thriller. This is one of Kilmer's "paycheck player" roles, and is not worth viewing if you're a fan. The younger actors are not terrible, but they don't bring much to the table, either. Use your Redbox free rental promo code for something else.