Rahul Chettiyar | Published on 07 Feb 2021
Written and directed by John Lee Hancock, The Little Things marks the first of many WB films to hit HBO Max this year, as part of their newly-formed joint venture. And we must say right away, for an early impression of what’s to come, it does set itself up for quite the disappointment. The main culprit here is the screenplay. Not so much for the content itself, but because it was written back in the 1990s. So basically, it just ends up picking on every pre-existing, worn-out clichés in existence.
Set in the vibrant city of Los Angeles, our manhunt story opens up with a rather interesting chain of events, as we are thrown into the midst of a late-night car chase sequence. A sinister scene, tightly resembling Fincher’s Zodiac, sees our menacing killer calmly stalking a young lady into the deepest levels of fear. Throughout this well-played out segment, his face is kept hidden, adding to the alluring sense of mystery and deceit, going f
For most of its duration, the just-released crime thriller
The Little Things plays like a traditional whodunnit? as two cops, played by Denzel Washington and Rami Malek, hunt for a serial killer, ultimately zeroing in on Jared Leto s sinister appliance repairman.
Then, things take a turn. After Leto s Albert Sparma lures Malek s Jim Baxter to the desert, the cop kills the suspect, a murder which Baxter and Washington s Joe Deacon cover-up. The two policemen get away with the crime, while the viewer is left in the dark as to the identity of the killer. I always felt there would be a section of the audience that would prefer a very formulaic ending and there s nothing wrong with that, says writer-director John Lee Hancock (
Starring: Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, Jared Leto
Four stars
“It’s the little things that rip you apart,” says Denzel Washington’s police officer in John Lee Hancock’s absorbing new serial killer thriller. “It’s the little things that get you caught.”
The director behind the more saccharine
Saving Mr Banks and
darker than ever before.
The story goes, Hancock wrote
The Little Things in 1993. Steven Spielberg was attached to the project, but opted out. Nearly three decades later, Hancock has returned to the script – a creepy crime drama with a juicy cast, spearheaded by three Oscar-winners: Washington,
Bohemian Rhapsody’s Rami Malek and
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