A notable, unusual existential thriller that is psychologically acute without the need for Oscar-clip self-pitying speeches, it’s also terrifically suspenseful with a provocative punchline.
Matthias Schoenaerts delivers ample conviction in an intriguing thriller from Alice Winocour.
There’s a shameful pleasure to be had in ogling the plush lifestyle, perfectly conveyed through the set decoration, and then seeing it all get messed up and covered in blood by the end.
The action sequences, like everything else in the film, are extremely stylishly shot but there is so much posturing going on that the film is utterly shorn of drama or tension.
An underwhelming film that fails to make the most of its potential.
Disorder (originally entitled Maryland) develops into something more intriguing thanks in large measure to a brilliant expressionist soundtrack by Mike Lévy (aka Gesaffelstein), which does most of the heavy lifting when it comes to dramatising Vincent’s head-pounding state of mind.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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