The Silent Hour (2024) (original) (raw)
Follows a hearing-impaired police detective who works as an interpreter for the department and must confront a team of corrupt cops trying to eliminate a deaf murder witness in an apartment building.
Follows a hearing-impaired police detective who works as an interpreter for the department and must confront a team of corrupt cops trying to eliminate a deaf murder witness in an apartment building. (less)
Director: Brad Anderson
Starring: Joel Kinnaman, Mark Strong, Mekhi Phifer, Michael Eklund, Jonathan Koensgen, Anthony Grant
Review by Brian Orndorf, October 9, 2024
7 / 10
Brad Anderson has made some interesting pictures during his career, collecting a cineaste following with his work on 2004�s �The Machinist� and 2001�s �Session 9.� He�s known for more thoughtful storytelling with heavy emphasis on mood, but Anderson goes the B-movie route with �The Silent Hour,� which borrows elements from �Die Hard� to explore a panicky afternoon for a cop and the witness he�s trying to protect. It�s a study of survival that almost entirely takes place in an empty apartment building, and the screenplay by Dan Hall offers something a little different, adding hearing impaired c ...read more...
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