However, this time people don't dread watching his movie, unlike with Martyrs, his grand opus that will live in infamy forever for being excessively brutal, gory and bleek, which isn't a bad thing in the context of Martyrs.
The Tall Man starts out bleek, goes down a familiar road, checks all boxes for a supposed horror/drama/thriller, but just when you think you know where it's going, Laugier, like most of the New French Extremity director-auteurs, pulls out the rug from under you and feeds you a heavy dose of somber reality and expands on his initial storyline with a genuine message that can't be easily dismissed.
Without wanting to spoil anything, The Tall Man is not a classic horror movie, it's about real life and what it takes for each person to fight for the weakest among us. Jessica Biel's performance elevates this crime drama into a actual, believable scenario. Pascal Laugier is a must for movie buffs.
The Tall Man starts out bleek, goes down a familiar road, checks all boxes for a supposed horror/drama/thriller, but just when you think you know where it's going, Laugier, like most of the New French Extremity director-auteurs, pulls out the rug from under you and feeds you a heavy dose of somber reality and expands on his initial storyline with a genuine message that can't be easily dismissed.
Without wanting to spoil anything, The Tall Man is not a classic horror movie, it's about real life and what it takes for each person to fight for the weakest among us. Jessica Biel's performance elevates this crime drama into a actual, believable scenario. Pascal Laugier is a must for movie buffs.