suffers from an overly cluttered narrative and too-hyperkinetic style.
03/19/08 03:15 AM
Towards Darkness (2007)
13 %
Reviews Counted: 8 Fresh: 1 Rotten:7 Average Rating: 4.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Synopsis:
Deals with 90 minutes in a kidnapped hostage's life, and the frustration his family, a special ops team, and a man in charge of delivering the ransom money all feel as they rush to save him.
--© Peace Arch [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: America Ferrera, David Sutcliffe, Tony Plana, William Atherton
Reviews
1 - 8 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top Critic Antonio Negret employs too many characters, backstories and plot tangents to address a subject that’s unwieldy enough already
03/17/08 09:45 AM
[Director] Negret is clearly less interested in imagining a fictional romance than in conveying his vision of a land that has lost its way.
03/14/08 02:59 PM
Colombian-born writer-director Antonio Negret's kidnapping thriller tackles the same subject matter as Hollywood's big-budget, star driven Proof of Life. But it's a grittier and more viscerally affecting film.
03/14/08 02:58 PM
That someone is kidnapped in Colombia every three hours is a startling statistic that offers many cinematic possibilities. But Towards Darkness fails to use any of them to advantage.
|
Comment
03/14/08 11:39 AM
Top Critic A convoluted bilingual thriller about a kidnapping in Colombia, Towards Darkness may be too clever for its own good.
03/12/08 03:19 PM
Top Critic The film is meant to be a heart-stopper but does not succeed as the director had hoped.
03/10/08 11:52 AM
Writer-director Antonio Negret only alludes to the seriousness of his volatile social setting.
03/09/08 06:19 PM
1 - 8 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
IGN RSS Feeds