The Guilty (2021) (original) (raw)

A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman.

A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman. (less)

Director: Antoine Fuqua
Writers: Nic Pizzolatto, Gustav M�ller, Emil Nygaard Albertsen
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Riley Keough, Peter Sarsgaard, Christina Vidal, Eli Goree, Ethan Hawke
Producer: Jake Gyllenhaal

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Review

Review by Brian Orndorf, September 29, 2021

8 / 10

Arriving a week after the release of �My Son� is �The Guilty,� which is another straight remake of a European thriller, this time taking its inspiration from a 2018 Danish production. The original film, directed by Gustav Moller, was sensational, remaining a small-scale suspense piece with generous helpings of drama and tension, working as both a character study and a nail-biting experience set inside the pressure cooker environment of an emergency services station. The Hollywood remake is handled by Antoine Fuqua, who reworks (with screenwriter Nic Pizzolatto) the central crisis into a tale o ...read more...

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