Enjoyable yarn with an odd finish!
I wasn't expecting to find this talking picture anything other than an annoying rehash of clichés and old plot devices - but I was wrong.
Actually, this turned out to be a bit of a treat.... the two things I hate most in movies were missing - aggressive background music and shaky camera work - so I stayed with it till the end... but it was the end which sort of let the whole movie down. But you'll find out this for yourself when you see it.
Aside from that quibble, it was a well paced and well-acted drama.
Latvian lovely Ksenia Solo is a treat for the eyes. Just delightful to look at!
Dominic Monaghan plays a rundown geek called Seth. he meets a former fellow student on the bus and tries to kindle a romance the right way... but he's just a bit of a knob so he decides he'll stick her in a cage instead.
But his 'pet' has a few surprises of her own and the two play games with each other till the director says that it's time to wrap things up and end it all.
There are some genuine moments of tension and the whole thing is a rather understated thriller which does just enough to entertain but really excels at not being bloody annoying with the music and shaky cam!
I wasn't expecting to find this talking picture anything other than an annoying rehash of clichés and old plot devices - but I was wrong.
Actually, this turned out to be a bit of a treat.... the two things I hate most in movies were missing - aggressive background music and shaky camera work - so I stayed with it till the end... but it was the end which sort of let the whole movie down. But you'll find out this for yourself when you see it.
Aside from that quibble, it was a well paced and well-acted drama.
Latvian lovely Ksenia Solo is a treat for the eyes. Just delightful to look at!
Dominic Monaghan plays a rundown geek called Seth. he meets a former fellow student on the bus and tries to kindle a romance the right way... but he's just a bit of a knob so he decides he'll stick her in a cage instead.
But his 'pet' has a few surprises of her own and the two play games with each other till the director says that it's time to wrap things up and end it all.
There are some genuine moments of tension and the whole thing is a rather understated thriller which does just enough to entertain but really excels at not being bloody annoying with the music and shaky cam!