Pleasantly Surprised

Rating: 8/10 (27 June 2009)

When I read the back about a kidnapped girl I wasn't too excited to see the movie. They bore me with their excessive action scenes, extreme story lines and predictability. But my father wanted to see it so I didn't argue. The first thing that turned me off was the swearing, I know in those neighborhoods with violence, drugs, etc... well in most neighborhoods now a days is a lot of swearing which I don't like. The one thing that kept me watching was the believability of the characters. All of them are written and acted as people you would see in real life. Never over the top, raw, with beliefs that make sense if you were them. With views even how wrong it may be you can understand their thinking. The actions, the horrible and sad things you see happen in real life. The story was very captivating, you are watching everyone thinking is it him, is it her; they all had bad pasts. Where it ends is when it really begins and then you are left thinking did he do the right thing. This movie made you think at every moment, made you feel and understand every character. Made you question right from wrong. It didn't have a lot of action. A lot of fighting. It had no nudity. It was a really good movie worth watching if you like movies that make you think from beginning and even after the movie finished.
A woman who uses drugs and neglects the care of her child comes home to find her missing. Not completely telling the truth about her where a bouts at the time she left her daughter alone. A private investigator and his associate (girlfriend) hired by the missing child's aunt is called in to help find her. While trying to co operate with the police he tries to piece together clues from people who are hostile but little does he know the perpetrators have been beside him the whole time trying to cover what they thought they did was just. In the end did the private investigator do the right thing?