Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov, Alex Manette, Alessandro Nivola, John Doman, Judith Roberts
Story:
Thriller written and directed by Lynne Ramsay which follows Joe (Joaquin Phoenix), an ex-soldier, ex-FBI agent who is tasked with rescuing a politician’s teenage daughter, Nina (Ekaterina Samsonov) from child trafficking. Corrupt power and vengeance unleash a storm of violence that may lead to Joe’s awakening.
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Best Quotes:
Joe’s Mother: [to Joe] Where do you spend your time? What do you do out there alone?
Joe: I’m going to ask you some questions. How many are there?
Man: One guy inside the front door, a second guy on the top floor.
[on the phone]
Voice: After the tone, please leave a message.
Joe: It’s done.
Angel: [to Joe] A man called, and he wants to see you.
John McCleary: Senator Albert Votto, his teenage daughter is missing.
Joe: What’s the lead?
John McCleary: He got an anonymous text with an address.
Joe: Why am I here?
John McCleary: Albert Votto, his teenage daughter has been missing all weekend.
John McCleary: [to Joe] Senator Albert Votto, he doesn’t want to get the cops involved. He wants to meet you.
Senator Votto: Her name is Nina. Do you have kids, Joe?
Joe: No.
Senator Votto: They’ll hurt her, these places, if she’s there.
Joe: I’ll get her.
Senator Votto: They said you were brutal
Joe: I can be.
Senator Votto: I want you to hurt them.
Senator Votto: Do you have kids, Joe? Nina, her name is Nina. 235 East, 31st Street. I’ve heard of these places.
Joe: If she’s there I’ll get her.
Senator Votto: McCleary said you were brutal.
Joe: I can be.
Senator Votto: I want you to hurt them.
Joe: [to Votto] Don’t worry, I’ll get her.
[showing a photo to a man he’s beaten up]
Joe: Look, have you seen this girl? Is she inside?
Joe: Security, how many are there?
Joe: Nina, can you hear me. My name is Joe. It’s okay, come on.
Nina: Where are we going?
Joe: I’m taking you to your dad.
Joe: [to Nina] Close your eyes.
Joe: Pick up the phone.
John McCleary: What’s going on?
Joe: The cops are involved.
News Reporter: New York State Senator has been found dead in an apparent suicide.
Joe: I don’t know what the fuck is going on here.
Nina: Joe, wake up. It’s a beautiful day.
Nina: It’s okay, Joe. It’s okay.
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Trailers:
You were never really here
Kam’s film review
To escape the snow showers me & the Mrs went to the cinema to see wot flowers…
It’s hard to explain this enigmatic piece of cinema … it’s at it’s most potent when silent. It’s bloody, at times insane, horrid & brutal.
Joe an ex-soldier & law enforcement officer, now works as a hatchet man for rescuing young girls for wealthy clients.
His uncompromising & unconventional style is so vile that his number I’d never dial. But to others he’s ideal cos he’s real & does the dirty deal.
Movie is eerie, turbulent & graphically violent as our assailant is prevalent to the the bitter end. The hired is hard wired & immune to emotion, but only has mother devotion.
Joe rescues a young girl from organised abuse, only to later find out it’s pan to the fire, for she was the object of desire of her acquirer … there lies the sin & deceit, for which the film never really excretes.
A brief relationship develops between him & the rescued girl, movie ends when circumstances make them escape together from the carnage left behind…
It’s weird, unusual, hammer waveringly uncompromising as it leaves behind a trail of blood trenched violence, which is not easy on the eye, so u’ve been warned it’s not for the faint hearted!
At times slow but prods along with purpose & poise. Joe looks simple & ordinary, inside lies anything but as he unleashes his frustrations to quell the disturbed events of his childhood past.
Uncomfortable flashbacks are relevant & peppered throughout as they knit the film’s fragmented pieces.
It’s like traumatic & dramatic meets narcotic …
So if you want to see something different & don’t mind the cocktail of gory violence & callus killings then this could be for you.
Kam Copyifulike 2018