obviously, there s some superb visual effects involved here, but it feels very convincing. it is a bit of a nail biter, i would say. probably not as much action as i was expecting. there s a lot of sort of pauses while they build the characters and talk to each other. and there s the whole storyline about the family having lots of tension. but i think in the action scenes it is quite exciting. one of the issues for me here is that there s no real winners in this story. it s not one of those things with an obvious baddie, i mean, because it s a bit of a lose lose situation. whoever wins in this scenario because you feel very sorry for the lion whose pride has been killed. so it s quite a sad story in a way. so it s not a popcorn thriller in the old fashioned sense, but idris elba was very good and he plays a kind of everyman hero. this isn t the kind of heroic kind of story about a man who s going to save his family by turning into a total action hero. he s he looks visibly sc
rather interesting because you don t normally see this kind of story on screen. are there any twists in it or is it literally the story of her struggle and her despair at times? i wouldn t say it s twist driven, but it does enter into thriller territory towards the end because she starts to take more and more extreme measures to try and find the money. this is a fantastic central performance and she really does strike you as a bulldozer, a woman who will try to get this no matter what she wants. and also, if you re interested in characters, which i am, i think in family dynamics, this is quite sophisticated. there are some wonderful scenes between the mother and the son where you see the tension between them and you see her kind of shouting at this sullen teenager, not knowing how to deal with him. and you as a viewer are going, just calm down, both of you, and talk. and he s sort of waiting for that resolution to come. yeah, that ll resonate with a lot of parents, probably, won t it?
between the mother and the son where you see the tension between them and you see her kind of shouting at this sullen teenager, not knowing how to deal with him. and you as a viewer are going, just calm down, both of you, and talk. and he s sort of waiting for that resolution to come. yeah, that ll resonate with a lot of parents, probably, won t it? and the lead actor here, she ll be quite well known to a lot of people in this country. that s right. from call my agent on netflix and of course, a beautiful actress. she s fantastic in this role. she feels very authentic to me in this. there s a lot of research that s gone into it, i think. and is her son aware of what she does for a living? he is. and that, again, adds tension to the story because you don t see them discussing the nature of her work initially. but you sense that s a source of great tension in the house and then it comes to a bit of a head. third, then, is official competition with some very big names in this film. well,
are there any twists in it or is it literally the story of her struggle and her despair at times? i wouldn t say it s twist driven, but it does enter into thriller territory towards the end because she starts to take more and more extreme measures to try and find the money. this is a fantastic central performance and she really does strike you as a bulldozer, a woman who will try to get this no matter what she wants. and also, if you re interested in characters, which i am, i think in family dynamics, this is quite sophisticated. there are some wonderful scenes between the mother and the son where you see the tension between them and you see her kind of shouting at this sullen teenager, not knowing how to deal with him. and you as a viewer are going, just calm down, both of you, and talk. and he s sort of waiting for that resolution to come. yeah, that ll resonate with a lot of parents, probably, won t it? and the lead actor here, she ll be quite well known to a lot of people in this c
and trying to get a loan. so it s the story of one woman who happens to have an unusual job trying to look after her son and fend for her son. and ifound this rather interesting because you don t normally see this kind of story on screen. are there any twists in it or is it literally the story of her struggle and her despair at times? i wouldn t say it s twist driven, but it does enter into thriller territory towards the end because she starts to take more and more extreme measures to try and find the money. this is a fantastic central performance and she really does strike you as a bulldozer, a woman who will try to get this no matter what she wants. and also, if you re interested in characters, which i am, i think in family dynamics, this is quite sophisticated. there are some wonderful scenes between the mother and the son where you see the tension between them and you see her kind of shouting at this sullen teenager, not knowing how to deal with him. and you as a viewer are going,