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Phone Booth
starts out a little slow, but just stay with it and you'll find
out what could have been a one-location bore turns out a huge,
tense movie by catching you in a vise grip of trickery that is
well executed and exciting.
It's a cagey fun film full of juicy performances.
You don't fear for the characters as much as you feel the pressure
of the situation, and feel the pressure you will. |
Colin Ferrell plays a full range of emotions
in this claustrophobic tale of revenge with a faceless antagonist
(played with demonic glee by Kiefer Sutherland).
But it's the constant changing storyline
that carries the film, with more twists than a Slinky and enough
plotholes to fill the Albert Hall.
Can an entire suspense film take place
in a phone booth? Well, thanks to a great director and tight
editing, yes and quite well. |
The movie is essentially one long scene,
and is largely a one-man show.
It begins like a joke, and ends up a nightmare.
The star stands in a phone booth sweating, smoking, and squawking
out four-letter words for about 80 minutes.
I didn't like the main character; (in the
end) he remains a frantic, one-note hustler who gets no more
interesting to watch, as he unravels. |
