This is the kind of movie that was never advertised, barely went to theaters, made no money and disappeared immediately. This kind of annoys me, because in terms of its technical and artistic merit it's at least as good, if not better, as the thrillers coming out today from Netflix, HBOMax, and the rest. I normally hate to use phraseology like this, but in the case its true, so here goes: Is it an undiscovered masterpiece? NO. Is it a proficient, entertaining, and well-made movie with quality work in every department? YES. Micheal Keaton is terrific as always; this is from the period when he was eager to get back in the mainstream and he's firing on all thrusters. Nobody phones anything in. As a Keaton fan I was very please to watch it. I'll be spoiler-free but I'll just say about his character that he seems to be trying to avoid what a more ruthless type of professional would do in five seconds, so you can't bring yourself to be totally against him. WARNING, though: this is (just barely) on the ROUGH neo-noir side of entertainment, and there's a sexually-threatening edge to the the first half. Which would be absolutely the case if a situation played out like this in real life. So don't expect to be totally undisturbed by the experience. Finally, some advice: Keaton's "The Merry Gentleman" IS, in my opinion, an unappreciated masterpiece of the genre, so check it out.
Review of Blindsided
