Does anyone else have an issue with the narrator of a picture dying before the story ends? Besides being impossible, it detracts from the credibility of the movie. Just a little quirk of mine.
Other than that though, I thought this was an effectively told story of flawed characters trying to achieve beyond their present circumstances and failing miserably. You fully realize that FBI Agent Mark Putnam (Jack Huston) had to know better than to get involved with white trash informant Susan Smith (Emilia Clarke), but he got sucked in anyway over a pretty face and a hot body. When it became apparent that his job was more important than any relationship, including his own marriage, things quickly spiraled out of control when Ms. Smith decided to go the blackmail route to get what she wanted. Her brazenness even went so far as to inform Putnam's wife (Sophie Lowe) that she was cheating with her husband!
Supposedly based on a true story, I had my doubts right up till the end, but as the credits rolled, an archival clip of the real Mark Putnam appeared to lend a degree of credibility to the story. It was stated that he served ten years of a fourteen-year sentence for his murder of Susan Smith. His conscience got the best of him, and he confessed his involvement ten months after events in the movie.
Other than that though, I thought this was an effectively told story of flawed characters trying to achieve beyond their present circumstances and failing miserably. You fully realize that FBI Agent Mark Putnam (Jack Huston) had to know better than to get involved with white trash informant Susan Smith (Emilia Clarke), but he got sucked in anyway over a pretty face and a hot body. When it became apparent that his job was more important than any relationship, including his own marriage, things quickly spiraled out of control when Ms. Smith decided to go the blackmail route to get what she wanted. Her brazenness even went so far as to inform Putnam's wife (Sophie Lowe) that she was cheating with her husband!
Supposedly based on a true story, I had my doubts right up till the end, but as the credits rolled, an archival clip of the real Mark Putnam appeared to lend a degree of credibility to the story. It was stated that he served ten years of a fourteen-year sentence for his murder of Susan Smith. His conscience got the best of him, and he confessed his involvement ten months after events in the movie.