Films are rarely more general than French Canadian director Maxim Jiro “in cold light”, which is an excitement that specializes in particular, as every idea, visual reserved and designed within one inch of their lives appear. It is something closer to a mood collection than a movie with a true story that tells it. Stored from neon lights, abandoned spaces, and outdoor spaces in the outdoor city, and the most likely to combat the hero (Maika Monroe) that are discovered in a network of drug princes, can only bear one’s attention for a long time.
This is very bad, like Monroe, the famous screaming queen of excellent species such as “IT Follows” and “Watcher”, is always a great monitoring hole against the evil chases. It brings her distinctive qualities – a silent emotional Fort, and a flagrant feeling of grace – to “in cold light”. But while the severe muscle Monroe gives the cat and mouse game, her character is forced to everything (and wears her intense wounds and realistic blood soaked), the film reduces the actor through an influential personality such as “and” engine “.
Monroe plays the role of AVA, which was presented to the audience in the impressive opening piece of the film, which is revealed through a bad drug deal. Ava is working on her life through dusty and industrial landscapes, but she is arrested and spends two years in prison. Police conclusion of the punishment gives “cold light” a serious beginning. In one of the scenes, the conditional release officer challenges the AFA ambitious to be free and determined, claiming that these two are two contradictory desires. But for Ava, it is not mutual exclusive. In fact, it is one.
But Ava is scheduled to have: the fact that “in a cold light” quickly creates a short time with AFA with her ex -father, Will (Oscar -winning “Koda”, in his stables. The two suffer from some unspecified issues of his daughter, which has escalated at the time of AFA behind bars, and the problems of the family grow only when Ava tries to return to its old ways in the drug world. But when the killing of her twin brother with good prosecutor Tom (Jesse Irfing) was killed during another deal, she became framed for the crime by a corrupt police force. What can you do if you are not running away from those who discredit her in everyone’s eyes, including her father? It will seem uncomfortable with Tom’s participation in drug deals. Kozur, a naturally sensitive and captivating performer, sometimes discovers something touched at the will as an elderly man, had to have been treated better in life. But the story does not give the actor a lot to build on it.
There is not much that happens to AVA during its operation and “in cold light” is increasingly testing the patience of the individual by insisting on not deepening any situation or personality. One of the decent exceptions when Ava stumbles with Tom orphan’s child and must hide him. These scenes revive the story with a welcome layer of humanity and call for our true and good interest. An example is inspired when AVA changes small diapers in the supermarkets in particular, and hints succeeded to the richer “In Cold Light” movie in more specific moments on the basis of characters.
But elsewhere, the wide Neo-nir exercise is often raised in an actual and actual experience, as fish hunt for gentle recruitment from the “seat edge” and “pulse” group. It would have been one thing if the film had been actually delivered to these promises, but despite all the visual and objective efforts, the sparkling risks do not look high enough. This may have a relationship with the fact that we do not get enough reasons to take care of any of the film’s characters, regardless of the number of times when the details of the dilapidated design and the degree of excessive in need of the need to convince us that we are witnessing some exciting and dangerous things.
The final ambiguity of the film comes when Ava meets with the brains of the operation – a crime coach named Claire, who is played by Helen Hunt, an Oscar winner “in cold light”, does not do any other fascists. The two women discuss the available situation and cut the deal, which does not make sense and does not matter in any concrete way. The conclusion that brings the Ava Full Circle story feel like. Again, this is a less interested in the acquired details, and more after selling an atmosphere. After 90 minutes and a cheerful and change, the feelings seem to be suspended.