Tagline: If you don't believe in the existence of evil, you've got a lot to learn.
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Written by: Stephen King, Brandon Boyce
Actors include: Brad Renfro, Ian McKellan, Joshua Jackson
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Length: 112 minutes
Banned: Nope
Review:
Decent enough though admittedly I've never read the book and from what I understand the two are quite different. I like the concept, an evil Nazi in hiding (well acted by Ian McKellen) who seems to be trying to forget his past is blackmailed into giving details about his involvement in the war. Brad Renfro plays youngster Todd Bowden who discovers the Nazi on the bus and seems to enjoy the gory details of the death camps and such. It's a relatively horrific idea, but it seems it was afraid to cross certain lines, most everything that is disturbing is described or hinted at rather than shown. It's sort of a tale about being a sadist, mind games and how far is each willing to go sort of thing to control the other. It's an odd dynamic that all starts to come crashing down when the Nazi's health starts to fail. Pretty interesting character study really though it seems like it didn't need to be as long as it was. Still decent enough for me anyhow but who knows how I would feel if I had read the book.
Availability: On DVD
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