Reviews

Brooke Satchwell was excellent in this, as was Sam Neil.

Unfortunately the courtroom scenes were not very realistic and whilst I understand the idea is to create dramatic tension, the behaviour of the Crown Prosecutor was just ludicrous. This character was very badly written in my opinion and should have drawn comment from the jury about how unprofessional she was. There would have been a jury discharge on the judge's own motion many times over.

There were numerous giant plot holes and whilst there was ultimately some kind of resolution, it was not particularly satisfying to the audience in my opinion.

Sadly, a bit of a waste of time watching this overlong melodrama.

Spoilers.

When I watched this film, I had the impression that the opening scenes where the protagonist was rescuing a blonde girl in the desert scene was something we would be brought back to later.

After the opening credits, we saw the protagonist accepting a job as a bodyguard for a young female blonde. Confusingly I thought that this blonde girl was the same person as in the desert scene I just watched.

As a consequence of this misunderstanding I thought all the way through the film that we would be brought back to the opening desert scene and the blonde girl would do something remarkable or surprising from having learned something from the protagonist during the film.

Disappointment ensued when the film ends quite abruptly with no real character development and no clear explanation of why either blonde girl was in danger to start with.