Yes, the director got some fine work out of the actors, and the cinematography is quite good. Some of the misdirection was done well, also.
I'm giving it a 5 because of the story. Far too many questions are raised than are answered. I'm okay with small things being left to the viewer's imagination - like how Frank is connected to the crooked cop, or just what Frank's motivation could possibly be - I can take such questions unanswered. But some of the main plot points revolve around mysteries that are never explained, or even hinted at.
*** Spoilers below *** Major points left unaddressed in this film include: Why was Frank willing to kidnap Dorothy's husband and child just to have rough sex with her? Why in the world would she allow a situation like that to continue without calling the cops? Especially after Frank starts mutilating her husband? She can't think it's going to end well without help.
How did Dorothy's husband's ear end up in the field? I can't imagine Dorothy simply throwing it away like that.
I know several sexual submissives and masochists. None of them would have behaved as Dorothy did.
Why did Dorothy show up at Jeffrey's house au natural? I'm not gonna ask how she knew where it was, or how she got across town in the buff without being noticed - but some explanation of why she'd do such a thing is almost essential.
Why does Frank decide to kill everyone at the end? His partner the bad cop, Dorothy's husband - what made him decide to go down and take as many as he could with him just then? Interesting story, told interestingly - but the motives for so many important events in the tale remain mysteries, making it really difficult to claim I enjoyed it.
Frankly, when the end credits rolled, I felt cheated.
I'm giving it a 5 because of the story. Far too many questions are raised than are answered. I'm okay with small things being left to the viewer's imagination - like how Frank is connected to the crooked cop, or just what Frank's motivation could possibly be - I can take such questions unanswered. But some of the main plot points revolve around mysteries that are never explained, or even hinted at.
*** Spoilers below *** Major points left unaddressed in this film include: Why was Frank willing to kidnap Dorothy's husband and child just to have rough sex with her? Why in the world would she allow a situation like that to continue without calling the cops? Especially after Frank starts mutilating her husband? She can't think it's going to end well without help.
How did Dorothy's husband's ear end up in the field? I can't imagine Dorothy simply throwing it away like that.
I know several sexual submissives and masochists. None of them would have behaved as Dorothy did.
Why did Dorothy show up at Jeffrey's house au natural? I'm not gonna ask how she knew where it was, or how she got across town in the buff without being noticed - but some explanation of why she'd do such a thing is almost essential.
Why does Frank decide to kill everyone at the end? His partner the bad cop, Dorothy's husband - what made him decide to go down and take as many as he could with him just then? Interesting story, told interestingly - but the motives for so many important events in the tale remain mysteries, making it really difficult to claim I enjoyed it.
Frankly, when the end credits rolled, I felt cheated.