I like Diane Kruger, so watched this. It was awful, there is almost no redeeming value here, it is like watching grass grow. There is almost no action, and even the little that there is makes absolutely no sense. The plot and writing seems like it was by some 9 yr old. Complete waste of time.

I think I was expecting more of an action thriller, but this movie was turned down to three.A guy name Vincent is hired to protect a woman and her son from bad guys looking harm her.Some action does happen in the movie, but it was very quiet and uneventful. A bit of a a shame cause I wanted to like the movie. It was very inventive in its scale.I think the real problem is that I'm not getting any personality from the main characters. I went to go see because Matthias Schoenaerts was the main character. I liked this guy in other movies, but he seemed dull heading up his own flick.I wanted to see the laid out plan work out, but I was not getting enough energy.http://cinemagardens.com

Vincent, our hero?, is assigned the task of watching over Jessie and her little boy ali, in an estate home. Jessie's husband may be involved in shady dealings of some kind. it looks that way. he has left Jessie and ali behind, to be watched over by Vincent. Vincent, is in the army, but not on active duty at this time. I think he is suffering from ptsd, but that is not mentioned. he does seem to be on non prescribed drugs, which he gets from a friend working at a hospital. Vincent hears things, or not, is paranoid or not. it's not really defined. things happen. no surprises, really, but nothing is predictable. I was very nervous during this whole movie experience. almost on the edge of my seat. it's very well done and quite effective. you've seen it all before, of course, but when it works, it works. this is a very good film. go.

I was not sure what to expect with this. But I was definitely intrigued with the two leads, Matthias Schnoenarts and Diane Kruger.I like a lot of the films that they star in. So it will be interesting to see what their chemistry is on screen.The premise was definitely one I do not see that often. Also, the story that director and writer Alice Winocaur had put onto screen got me invested. But despite me still finding it reasonably enjoyable, I felt that we have a missed opportunity here.One thing is for sure, Schoenaerts was great as our main character. A bit like Tom Hardy, most of his success comes from the physical part of the performance. You can really see the killer instinct in his character and his charisma definitely carries this film well. I was feeling his characters problems and I was rooting for him to overcome them. I think without Schoenarts, this could have been something quite boring. The rest of the cast were not that memorable, even Kruger.For the few action scenes that were on screen, they were really well constructed. You could really feel the hits being taken. The score was fascinating and surprisingly atmospheric. The style felt different, but managed to fit in well with the film. However, there were some moments where I felt the moment to use that score felt unnecessary or badly timed.Like I said before, there are problems with it. While it may feel slow for the most part, you can feel the tension throughout. You do feel that something does not feel right and we get some well executed action scenes. But I think in the end, the lack of drama and thrills may make people impatient as they know this could go down more interesting routes. I don't get a lot of the slow no-dialogue moments that we seem to see with most of European cinema. It's not often that style gets me totally invested. I was not a fan of the camera-work as well. There was a lot of shaky moments that I felt were unnecessary, and it made me struggle to see what was going on. This negative is a bit of nit pick. But I felt there were too many times when they were reminding us of our main characters anxiety problems. That just seemed to signal to me that they have little more to show and just lingered on that particular part.For what looked like an interesting premise, for me it did not manage to make the most of it. But don't worry, it still remains to be a solidly delivered thriller with an amazing lead by Schoenarts. The way they portrayed his characters problems on screen was quite clever. I also liked it did not have that cliché feeling at all, and that might be the reason that I remained interested. Despite its problems, I will still recommend this. Winocour should be proud of this. I will definitely check out the rest of her work.Rating: 7/10