The Living (2014)
7/10
Slightly Obvious But Still A Good Dramatic Thriller
25 May 2015
Warning: Spoilers
A young husband Teddy beats up his wife Molly . Disgusted by this Molly's brother Gordon puts a plan of revenge in to action that leads to consequences

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A independent film from writer /director Jack Bryan who might be worth keeping an eye on . Being an indie film it lacks big names , big budget and is a little slow but this is more than compensated by the performances and a subtext that an eye for an eye leads to universal blindness . When Gordon hires Howard the hit-man I did think we'd be seeing a plot turn where Teddy goes back to beating up Molly therefore any violence inflicted upon him is entirely justified . This predcibility doesn't happen however and is the better for it as Teddy pulls out all the stops to make things back up to Molly. . Most of the structure takes place via dual plotting where one half of the plot concentrates on Teddy and Molly's relationship woes and the other half on Gordon and Howard . There is a slight bugbear to some of this such as why would a hit-man allow a client to visit his home and you're aware this is simply to set up the ending . In other words it's a bit too mechanical to be overly successful but as a dramatic thriller it's not unimpressive
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