kinda just mediocre.
there are allot of points where i qeustion why i should care about these characters. there is no tension. im not in a hurry to want them to find out what happened.
al pacino is great and his character does have a menacing edge to him but thats it. robin williams is great to. every other character is forgettable, like a cop dies and i barely know him lmfao ????
who is this guy? i don't give a single shit about him.(also watch my newest film https://boxd.it/VbxI )
Insomnia
A tough cop. A brilliant killer. An unspeakable crime.
Rating
2.5 (2)
Release Date
5/24/2002Runtime
118 minsOverview
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$46,000,000Revenue
$113,714,830Homepage
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How It Feels
Read from this film's synopsis, keywords and credits, and used to work out what it sits beside.
A claustrophobic psychological thriller where a cop's investigation into a murder becomes a descent into moral compromise, amplified by the relentless Arctic daylight that won't let anyone, least of all the protagonist, rest or hide. The line between hunter and hunted blurs as guilt and blackmail worm their way into every interaction.
Mood
Dread-soakedTenseParanoidContemplativeBleak
Themes
CorruptionObsessionCrime
Tone
Bleak
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
DesaturatedHigh-contrast
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violence
Reviews
I think I could get really into this as a book, or it could be a perfectly adequate singular episode of tv. Two hours was the exact amount of time for every obstacle to feel resolved in the following scene with relative ease, other than how darn sleepy Al Pacino was. It held my attention, and I liked the bones of the story. Not enough Jonathan Jackson though.
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