Monday, March 17, 2014

Devil's knot


DIRECTOR:  Atomm Egoyan  LEAD CAST:  Reese Witherspoon, Colin Firth, Amy Ryan, Stephen Moyer, Dane DeHaan, Mireille Enos  SCREENWRITER:  Paul Harris Boardman, Scott Derrickson  PRODUCER:  Paul Harris Boardman, Elizabeth Fowler, Clark Petrson, Richard Saperstein, Christopher Woodrow  EDITOR:  Susan Shipton  MUSICAL DIRECTOR:  Mychael Danna  GENRE:  Biography, Drama, Thriller, Crime  CINEMATOGRAPHER:  Paul Sarossy  DISTRIBUTOR:  Icon Film Distribution, Senator Film  LOCATION: United States  RUNNING TIME:  114 minutes

Technical assessment:  3.5
Moral assessment:  3
CINEMA rating:  V 14

The savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers accused of killing the kids as part of a satanic ritual. The police investigators and prosecutors seem to be affected by the local community’s fear of Satanic cult in the neighborhood. The youth are sentence to death and life imprisonment, released after evidential hearing, but they already spent 18 years in prison. (Full review to follow)