Close (2019) (original) (raw)
A bodyguard and counter-terrorism expert Sam takes a job protecting Zoe a rich young heiress. Neither party is keen on the arrangement until a violent kidnap forces them to go on the run.
A bodyguard and counter-terrorism expert Sam takes a job protecting Zoe a rich young heiress. Neither party is keen on the arrangement until a violent kidnap forces them to go on the run. (less)
Director: Vicky Jewson
Writers: Rupert Whitaker, Vicky Jewson
Starring: Noomi Rapace, Sophie N�lisse, Indira Varma, Abdellatif Chaouqi, Huw Parmenter, Eoin Macken
Producer: Rupert Whitaker
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Review by Brian Orndorf, January 17, 2019
5 / 10
At first glance, �Close� seems to be trying to push Noomi Rapace into Liam Neeson territory, taking on a role that turns the talented actress into one-woman-army mode, confronting a series of villains in her own action vehicle. If co-writer/director Vicky Jewson was interested in something that simplistic, perhaps the picture would�ve gotten by on sheer force alone. Unfortunately, �Close� isn�t a bruiser bonanza, but something tamer with occasional blasts of gunplay and broken bones. Jewson endeavors to comment on the state of corporate greed and stock price fixation with the screenplay (co-sc ...read more...
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