Best Review: The tale of two young brothers, Matt and Joey, from a dysfunctional family and completely different in character. The youngest, insecure and timid, allows himself to be manipulated and is accustomed to the status of the weakest link, while the elder has taken on the role of leader and tyrant, imitating his dead alcoholic father who was a good-for-nothing. One day the brothers commit a robbery at home, but are caught by a security guard, who chases them through the woods and falls into an old well. Now Matt and Joey have to solve the dilemma of what to do with the prisoner…
A dramatic psychological thriller with a seemingly simple plot, but with a couple of good twists underneath. The length of the movie is only 80 minutes, and here it is rather a minus, because towards the end the events rapidly change one another, thus losing its logic in places. Here, more time should have been given to the unfolding of the characters. Nevertheless, the story is brutal, realistic, and grim, evoking a gamut of emotions from sentiment to hatred.
Uncomplicated, but quite clever? The director showed two different and contradictory feelings of the world. Joey, who believes with all his heart in humanity, kindness and redemption. And Matt, who has lost all hope for the people he genuinely despises them and manipulates them in every way, giving a damn about morality. The clash of black and white, two exaggerated extremes encased in a family drama. A curious spectacle and food for thought, if you delve a little deeper into the philosophy of what is happening on the screen.
Moral: If you find a man in a well, make sure he’s not a drifter, and then save the day.
All in all an interesting dramatic thriller with a couple of plot twists, but running too fast toward a finale that seems a little too rushed.
