With "Fallen" and "Primal Fear" on his resume I expected more of Gregory Hoblin. The film looked good visually and the leads (Hopkins and Gosling) were outstanding. That is all that kept me watching.
The plot was barely worthy of an hour TV episode on a crime show. The pacing was very poor and there was very little tension created. T I Hopkins' touch of Irish accent worked well to suggest a hint of madness. He did a very good job of developing the character of Crawford without much help from the script. His expressions, use of accent and movement from playing dumb, at his first hearing, to later behaving like a well schooled lawyer was entertaining to watch. The different acts that Crawford put on left you feeling as if something was not quite right, in a sociopathic way perhaps. Hopkins said that it was his idea to do the accent, based on a the psychotic overtones he could get out of it. Id have to say that it worked a treat. And he succeeded in creating a psychopath with out drawing on, or hinting at Hannibal Lectar. Very well done pity the story was so poor.
The plot was barely worthy of an hour TV episode on a crime show. The pacing was very poor and there was very little tension created. T I Hopkins' touch of Irish accent worked well to suggest a hint of madness. He did a very good job of developing the character of Crawford without much help from the script. His expressions, use of accent and movement from playing dumb, at his first hearing, to later behaving like a well schooled lawyer was entertaining to watch. The different acts that Crawford put on left you feeling as if something was not quite right, in a sociopathic way perhaps. Hopkins said that it was his idea to do the accent, based on a the psychotic overtones he could get out of it. Id have to say that it worked a treat. And he succeeded in creating a psychopath with out drawing on, or hinting at Hannibal Lectar. Very well done pity the story was so poor.