In Darkness (2018)

One of my all time favorites.

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Don't listen to the negative reviews

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

I enjoyed this film but I feel it could have been so much better. The film seemed disjointed in parts and although well acted some of the characters lacked depth.

Interesting twists, good pace, great acting and beautiful cinematography.

A blind pianist is the only witness to the murder of her upstairs neighbour. The killing seems to be connected to a Serbian war criminal who is the father of the dead girl.This movie started off quite strongly as a tense psychological thriller but about half-way in, it took a bit of a sudden change of direction into spy film territory. It was at this point that I felt it started to lose steam somewhat. Part of this is simply down to my personal view that spy films tend to be exposition-driven and a little tedious, whereas psychological thrillers by contrast offer up more intrigue while being a lot less routine. So, this change of direction, while unpredictable, was not to an overall benefit to the movie as a whole I thought. Character motivations also were somewhat unclear at times too, and it did feel that the script could have been re-worked to some extent. It was still an enjoyable enough thriller however, with some suspenseful scenes and an interesting central character. Although, it has to be said that the big reveal in the finale was a bit bonkers and throws up a few questions given what we have seen before. I am sort of quite forgiving of thrillers throwing in far-fetched stuff like this though which can be kind of fun and it did get me discussing the movie afterwards at length which led me to deciding to add an extra star rating to it for this reason alone. My concerns for the film were less to do with unrealistic plot developments though and more to do with tired spy film tropes. The result is a film which is a bit uneven. But it is one which still is a good enough watch if you like thrillers.

A blind musician hears a murder committed in the apartment upstairs from hers that sends her down a dark path into London's gritty criminal underworld. In Darkness has an interesting and good plot but the film suffers from a disappointing level of slow pacing that not even Dormer and Skrein can save. I was expecting more from a film like this but the most recent films with a similar plot of someone being blind weren't that good either and neither is 'In Darkness' that wasted of what could have been an amazing experience and a smart thriller that turns into a slow burn that takes alot of time to find it's steps and wastes a perfect and interesting cast of new and old actors. (0/10)