Anno | 2009 |
Genere | Azione |
Produzione | USA |
Durata | 99 minuti |
Regia di | Jeremy Alter |
Attori | Anton Pardoe, Roselyn Sanchez, Patrick Bauchau, Peter J. Lucas, Tony Amendola Sam Thakur, Dominiquie Vandenberg, Cameron Daddo, Michael Paré, Isaac C. Singleton Jr, John Fleck, Dmitri S. Boudrine, Anthony Dilio, Keith Allan, Pavel Lychnikoff. |
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Un film noir che racconta di un uomo torturato ritorna nella città, in cui aveva giurato di non ritornare.
Style significantly trumps substance in "The Perfect Sleep," a good-looking but convoluted homage to film noir, Russian literature and Shakespearean tragedy, among a few too many other things. Although the script by star Anton Pardoe is ambitious and creative, its dizzying array of characters, along with a dense story that unfolds more like a checklist of showdowns than an organic narrative, make [...] Vai alla recensione »
Easy on the eyes but brutal on the ears, “The Perfect Sleep” fuses Shakespearean tragedy and noir iconography into a strange, lovely, leaden ball of confusion. Attempting a mythic tale of warring dynasties and ancient grudges, the director, Jeremy Alter, wavers between homage and parody. But you can’t look at something sideways while placing it on a pedestal: that’s how you break your neck.