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Red Net
Italy 2016
produced by Domenico Barilari, Tiziano Cella (executive) for Media Dab
directed by Tiziano Cella
starring David White, Beatrice Gattai, Claudia Marasca, Francesca Fiume, Domenico Barilari, Federica Masullo
written by Tiziano Cella, David White, music by Nawak, Ross Bugden, special effects makeup by Silvia Castellucci
review by Mike Haberfelner
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... and when Alex (David White) comes to, he finds himself tied to a
chair, at the mercy of a mysterious woman (Beatrice Gattai) who seems to
enjoy torturing him and asking him questions in between pain, questions
he's unable to answer - after all, he's just a little IT expert who has
come to Rome to visit his mother who suffers from a rare disease in the
hospital, and all the money he might have accumulated - hey, maybe
illegally even, he doesn't exactly denie that - is only for his mother's
treatment. Thing is, Alex's interrogator doesn't believe a word of his
story, and the way she asks her questions does suggest she has additional
knowledge. But Alex is stubborn, he lives through a round of Russian
roulette, doesn't give in when he finds his girlfriend tied up next to him
and ultimately sees her being killed, he withstands all sorts of pain ...
but he just can't help giving away more and more of his story, and what
he's giving away about a terrorist group wanting to totally crash the
London stock market makes one wonder if despite his well-contained
appearance, he's actually all that sane, and his bat-shit crazy
interrogator isn't doing just the right thing for the right reasons to
prevent something way worse ... Red Net is one of these
films that shows one how little it takes to create maximum suspense, as
the story is restricted to only a handful of actors and a handful of
(interchangeable) interrogation rooms, the violence isn't too explicit,
and the scenes are filmed in long takes rather than big budget Hollywood
staccato editing - and yet it's a movie as tense as they come. But as I've
said "how little it takes" above - not the "little"
isn't totally true, it takes little in terms of money and polish, yet a
greatly written script, clever direction, and a top notch cast - and Red
Net readily delivers on these accounts, making the movie a regular joy to
watch!
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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