Simply Amazing!

Rating: 9/10 (14 September 2011)

I saw a screening of this film, and it was seriously riveting! I don't remember the last time a movie gave me chills, made me jump or had me on the edge of my seat like this one did. Ryan Gosling truly shows his acting skills in this movie. His diversity in different movie roles is extremely apparent during this one. He plays a sort-of strong, silent type, but when he has something to say, he holds attention phenomenally. Some of it was a bit more gory than I had expected as well, which is not a bad thing in my opinion. Such scenes were done so well and were anything but disappointing! The relationship aspect of the movie was a tad off to me in the beginning but nearer to the end, I fell into it a bit more and grew to enjoy it. A lot of this movie had some "shockers" too and some unexpected scenes that caught me off guard. This movie exceeded my expectations, I agree with an earlier review saying it's the best film of the year of its genre.