I'll keep the top spoiler free and then add a space between the spoilers. Basically, if you like the film Locke or Buried, then you'll most likely like this one because it's the same style.
The only bit of this film that actually annoyed me was the bad CGI of the exterior vehicle shots. I'm assuming the budget was slim but.. the film was good enough to watch and ignore that detail.
The acting, intensity, callbacks you forgot about, sound design, and script were all great.
SPOILERS!!
The ending of the film did leave me with questions. It feels open ended which I'm not traditionally a huge fan of but this time it didn't sting as bad. It's hard to depict reality which works for the story and the viewer.
Though out the film they ask him to bring Ruby back, and is she safe, all implying everyone believes he has her. As the viewer by Tom's depiction he knows, and we know, that she is kidnapped and he's trying to save her.
Once we get closer to the end of the film Tom starts to let up and tells the negotiator he just needs 19 minutes which from her perspective probably makes him sound crazy. He ends up saying it to himself without answering her or explaining which further makes him sound off the rocker.
Now that there's some doubt in the viewer, when the multiple scenarios of Tom pop in and out of the police being there and him holding his daughter to no one being there but his daughter., you are equally confused and uncertain.
The last scene shows the scenario where the cops are there. Tom gets out of the car with the gun. Then it shows Ruby's perspective and yet again two different versions. She sees the roof of the car in the darker scenario where it was the two of them, and then it shows bloody handprints in the roof of the car and police lights (implying Tom died).
Then the last shot stops of Ruby's face smiling. Wtf lol. It was great. It then makes you wonder if she did everything or is she just happy cause she hates her dad and he's dead. Did she make a deal with The Associate? Was he even real? Did Tom shoot himself in the car and the rest was all a dream?
I don't think there's a definitive answer. And I think that's the point. It feels intentionally open ended for the viewer to decide. If that's not the case well then I am nowhere smart enough.
Anyway go give it a shot; it was great. See what you think happened.
The only bit of this film that actually annoyed me was the bad CGI of the exterior vehicle shots. I'm assuming the budget was slim but.. the film was good enough to watch and ignore that detail.
The acting, intensity, callbacks you forgot about, sound design, and script were all great.
SPOILERS!!
The ending of the film did leave me with questions. It feels open ended which I'm not traditionally a huge fan of but this time it didn't sting as bad. It's hard to depict reality which works for the story and the viewer.
Though out the film they ask him to bring Ruby back, and is she safe, all implying everyone believes he has her. As the viewer by Tom's depiction he knows, and we know, that she is kidnapped and he's trying to save her.
Once we get closer to the end of the film Tom starts to let up and tells the negotiator he just needs 19 minutes which from her perspective probably makes him sound crazy. He ends up saying it to himself without answering her or explaining which further makes him sound off the rocker.
Now that there's some doubt in the viewer, when the multiple scenarios of Tom pop in and out of the police being there and him holding his daughter to no one being there but his daughter., you are equally confused and uncertain.
The last scene shows the scenario where the cops are there. Tom gets out of the car with the gun. Then it shows Ruby's perspective and yet again two different versions. She sees the roof of the car in the darker scenario where it was the two of them, and then it shows bloody handprints in the roof of the car and police lights (implying Tom died).
Then the last shot stops of Ruby's face smiling. Wtf lol. It was great. It then makes you wonder if she did everything or is she just happy cause she hates her dad and he's dead. Did she make a deal with The Associate? Was he even real? Did Tom shoot himself in the car and the rest was all a dream?
I don't think there's a definitive answer. And I think that's the point. It feels intentionally open ended for the viewer to decide. If that's not the case well then I am nowhere smart enough.
Anyway go give it a shot; it was great. See what you think happened.