A very good, deep and emotional film

Rating: 8/10 (25 August 2012)

I watched this film just last night after seeing a facebook status saying how "sick" it was. Sorry for the childish dialect there but we will move on.
This movie started off quite slow, building up the characters but this was to be expected. Tom Hardy played the character well being someone with little show of emotion and did not talk much but however was shown to care although he may not have wanted others to think that. Nick Nolte being the ex-alcoholic father was also played well it's a shame he doesn't seem to be in as many films these days. Having never seen Joel Edgerton play a major role in a film I did not know what to expect. He was good although maybe too bland in some places but overall produced a good performance especially during the closing scenes.
I like the story of the film. It was simple but had little extra things popping up throughout the film that added to the overall suspense of the ending. I found myself leaning up out of my bed biting my nails wondering what was going to happen to these two characters.
Overall a very good film and well deserving of it's IMDb rating. Definitely worth a watch!