#destroyermovie

#Repost from @yawchannel by @storytv_app

TATIANA MASLANY IN DESTROYER

I AM SHOOK

At its center, Destroyer features a jaw-dropping performance by Nicole Kidman, whose character looks like she’s been chewed up and spit out a dozen times. She makes the film, though its narrative contains a number of surprising and shocking moments that overcome the small stretches which feel a little slow.

Years ago, LAPD detectives Erin (Kidman) and Chris (Sebastian Stan) went undercover to bust a gang of bank robbers led by Silas (Toby Kebbell). Something went wrong, people got hurt, Silas got away. 16 years later, Erin receives a $100 bill stained with a dye pack in an unmarked envelope.

Erin Bell must be one of the worst police officers in memory. Her past has already twisted her into a person who is virtually unable to make anything good last and now it’s killing the valuable scraps she’s managed to hold above her head while wading neck-deep in filth all these years. Divorced, she even struggles to connect with her teenaged daughter, Shelby (Jade Pettyjohn). You can hardly see the good intentions beneath the drinking and penchant for violence. She’s determined - against all reason - to get to Silas. Assaulting witnesses, getting beaten up herself, harassing former contacts - and that’s just the beginning - you figure she’s either headed for unemployment or the grave by the time this story is over. Hopefully she manages to get her man before then. She deserves everything coming her way but someone this desperate kinda deserves a break.

Throughout, we get flashbacks to the case which set off the plot. These scenes add much intrigue. The drip of information is enough to kinda figure out what happened, but not until director Karyn Kusama wants you to know so you better be paying attention. We see just how dirty it got between Silas, his gang, Chris and Erin and this cranks up the tension. Rather than allow you to predict how things’ll go, every reveal makes you doubt. Can there be redemption for a person like her? It's doubly effective, as the flashbacks let us see just how far Erin has fallen both morally, and physically.

Destroyer is a dirty, unflinching film. It's the sound of an old boot crunching on broken glass. When people get shot, there’s no glory in it. The excitement you would feel in another film is transformed into sweat and trembles. When people get punched or kicked, the quick glimpse of their face as they grimace in pain feels like a peek at Hell itself. There are a couple of pacing issues but considering how it wraps up, you won't mind. Actually, it compels you to watch it again. The flashback sequences, combined with the main character and her relationship with everyone else makes for an interesting journey that’s fun to examine as it’s going along, and in hindsight as well. (Theatrical version on the big screen, February 3, 2019)

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