Very compelling

Rating: 9/10 (24 March 2010)

Contains mild spoilers.
Going into this film I knew little about it merely the fact there's a mental institution and the Police are called in to investigate. However I was quite optimistic having heard some of the things that had been said about it already and went in with a great deal of optimism. I was delighted that my faith had paid off as it conjured up a hugely compelling and interesting physcological thriller that had me guessing and speculating at near enough every opportunity. With every scene brought about new questions some of them small some of them vital but every single one of them is nonetheless very interesting. The plot itself involves marshal Teddy Daniels and his partner Chuck called into investigate the disappearance of a patient and then we watch it all unfold. The negatives and there are some, the hallucination sequences got quite over the top after a while after being extremely gripping at first. As well as this the score was a little much with the music more or less trying to shout at us, 'ok we understand the place is fishy.' These being said they don't detract from the high amount of positives the film offers. I feel as though I can't go into any more detail as I don't want to give anymore away the film very much speaks for itself as I was gripped for whole thing. The 138 minute run time didn't feel too long and I thought it had the potential to do so. All in all this is a thriller well worth a watch for some very good compelling viewing.