Style, pumped through your veins

Rating: 9/10 (5 September 2012)

This film had 8.5 rating on IMDb last year (which ranks it just outside the top 100 films of all time) I'm disappointed it's dropped to a 7.9 and hope it will be seen in time as a great film. When this was first arriving on our screens it had an amazing action packed trailer and I thought this would be a good film too watch.
The phrase that comes to mind is more style than substance, usually this is a bad term for a film but in this case the style is so powerful this film pulses through you. For instance a fight scene towards the end is filmed just looking at the shadows of the two men, this is evident of the effort of the makers to make this more than a film. Honestly every shot is brilliant with fantastic use of light and each scene drips with gorgeous cinematography and the score is the best I've heard this year. Also the tension developed in these magnificently portrayed scenes is very good and keeps you on edge and makes you feel the characters as there looking out at you.
The story is not bad though and holds the film well to stop it from curving too far into an art form. The writer has put a few smart lines in it as well to keep things fresh.
I must say though my mother would not like this film as it has several overly violent scenes which I originally dismissed as being pointlessly too gory but actually there quite stylish in a "kill bill" sort of way.
Overall with a small budget and some not bad acting added to some amazing cinematography, my words cannot describe, they have made a fantastic film.