The Secrets We Keep (2020), Chris Messina, Noomi Rapace, Bleecker Street
New drama/thriller The Secrets We Keep is about a young woman’s revenge for the heinous war crimes she believes her neighbour committed against her 15 years ago.
Set in post-WWII America, and co-witten/directed by Yuval Adler; Noomi Rapace, Chris Messina, Joel Kinnaman and Amy Seimetz star.
The 40s/50s aesthetic is calling to me. Mostly though, I’m intrigued by the dynamic between Rapace and Messina’s characters. Particularly as the latter tries to decide how best to proceed after just finding out what his wife is capable of.
Lucy Faust, Kadrolsha Ona Carole, Victoria Hill, David Maldonado, Jeff Pope, Ritchie Montgomery, Ed Amatrudo and Frank Monteleone also star.
New drama/thriller Angel Of Mine stars Noomi Rapace, Luke Evans and Yvonne Strahovski. It’s a Kim Farrant-directed story about Lizzie, a grieving mother.
Lizzie lost her daughter in a tragic accident and starts to lose her grip on reality when she begins to think that her daughter may still be alive.
I’m in for a great Rapace performance. I’m also wondering whether Lizzie’s time in psychiatric care was simply ineffective, or was there a mix-up, and the little girl is actually her daughter. I mean, there is definitely such a thing as ‘a mother’s instinct.’ And… they really do look alike.
Somebody bring out the DNA test!
Richard Roxburgh, Finn Little, Rob Collins, Rachel Gordon, Tracy Mann, Emily Gruhl, Mirko Grillini and Annika Whiteley also star.
Co-written/directed by Vicky Jewson; starring Noomi Rapace, Indira Varma and Sphie Nélisse, Close is a new action/thriller centred on a violent kidnapping.
Rapace is a bodyguard and counter-terrorism expert who’s hired to protect a rich young heiress, and neither party is happy about the arrangement.
I like this trailer and immediately it’s making me think about what a great idea it is to keep one’s high personal net worth as private as possible.
I’m also looking forward to Rapace as an effective action woman. fingers crossed that this one’s a very entertaining and engaging experience.
Will the young girl really learn to fight back, and effectively? This trailer rather feels like a gentle reminder for anyone with New Year plans to learn self-defence.
Eoin Macken, Charley Palmer Rothwell, Akin Gazi, Huw Parmenter and lauren Harris also star.
Directed by David Ayer (End Of Watch (2012); and starring Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Noomi Rapace and Edgar Ramirez, Brightis a buddy/cop movie set in a world where humans live alongside fantasy creatures. It’s also a film that isn’t quite all I wished it to be.
The issues I have with Bright start with the story. Perhaps the fact that fantasy and sci-fi are not my go-to genres has something to do with it, but I just didn’t fully buy into the world the story occupies. I’m not even sure that the truth of how Orcs, elves, fairies and humans came to co-exist in LA, let alone planet Earth, was properly explained.
Then there’s the fact that due to pacing and one or two other unfortunate factors, the movie did’t get particularly interesting for me until ‘the cop shooting’ that happens approximately forty minutes in. Even then, I still found myself thinking about how much more I enjoyed End Of Watch, especiallythe story and co-star chemistry.
I’m not saying that I think Bright is all bad – because if it were, I’d have stopped watching long before the end – the way I recently did with A Bad Mom’s Christmas (2017). The things I did enjoy about Ayer’s movie start with the vibrant graffiti in the opening sequence, followed by the impressive Orc prosthetics. Then there’s Noomi Rapace’s villain character, particularly the way she fought and dressed. Last but in no way least, I rather like how well Edgar Ramirez wore his elf/vampire look. I admit that it was a much greater highlight than expected.
A thought that entered my mind soon after I hit ‘play,’ ‘I bet Will Smith is super happy about not having to wear any Orc prosthetics or makeup. I know I would be‘. Who said that acting isn’t hard work?
Give Bright a chance if you’re curious enough. Or, you can always watch /re-watch End Of Watch instead, if not some other far better buddy/cop film.
Will Smith, Noomi Rapace and Joel Edgerton’s new movie, Bright is directed by David Ayer and set in a world where mystical creatures live side by side with humans.
Smith plays a human cop who’s forced to work with an Orc (Edgerton) to find a weapon everyone is prepared to kill for.
I’m going to think positively about this movie for three reasons. The first two being that the story is intriguing and this trailer looks promising, even though it shows very little. Lastly, Ayer’s last movie (Suicide Squad (2016) was far from great but he did make several before that are still celebrated today; Fury (2014) and End Of Watch (2012), to name just two.
And there I was thinking that orcs only existed in Warcraft (2016)
Edgar Ramírez, Lucy Fry, Ike Barinholtz and Kenneth Choi also star.
