Neil
15-Mar-2012, 08:37 AM
AICN seems to like it - http://www.aintitcool.com/node/54285
Citadel’s making of story is really interesting and, in many ways, makes the film itself even better. Writer/Director Ciaran Foy was violently attacked and subsequently suffered with an extreme case of agoraphobia and you can tell that this film is part of his own therapy. There’s a sense that he’s exorcising a ton of personal demons with this story of a new father whose world is thrown into chaos just prior to the birth of his daughter.
Much like the director, this young man, played with a tired-eyed intensity by Aneurin Barnard, is exposed to a seemingly random act of violence, which scars him. Pair that fear of the outside with his obvious fear of becoming a father (and a protector) and you get one mixed up dude.
The tone of the film is a rock solid slow burn creep-out style built by tense set-ups, eerie sound design, a haunted leading performance and a deteriorating urban landscape that evokes a plague epidemic movie feel.
Citadel’s making of story is really interesting and, in many ways, makes the film itself even better. Writer/Director Ciaran Foy was violently attacked and subsequently suffered with an extreme case of agoraphobia and you can tell that this film is part of his own therapy. There’s a sense that he’s exorcising a ton of personal demons with this story of a new father whose world is thrown into chaos just prior to the birth of his daughter.
Much like the director, this young man, played with a tired-eyed intensity by Aneurin Barnard, is exposed to a seemingly random act of violence, which scars him. Pair that fear of the outside with his obvious fear of becoming a father (and a protector) and you get one mixed up dude.
The tone of the film is a rock solid slow burn creep-out style built by tense set-ups, eerie sound design, a haunted leading performance and a deteriorating urban landscape that evokes a plague epidemic movie feel.