In a Nutshell. Mini reviews of movies old and new. No fuss. No spoilers. And often no sleep.

Sunday 20 January 2013

SURVEILLANCE [2008]

Director Jennifer Lynch follows in the perverse footsteps of her daddy with the violently weird mystery/thriller Surveillance.  
It's got hostile clueless local law enforcement, oddball humor, rumbling drones & sound atmospherics, bizarre camera angles and reverb-heavy swarmy music.  Unfortunately it just isn't as hypnotizing or intriguing as it could have been.  Mostly because it grounds itself too far into reality with such outlandish characters which don't really mesh with the overall tone of the film.  Still, it kept my attention from beginning to end and that's all I really asked for.

3 floaty dead people out of 5

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