Retribution (Complicity)
Some people deserve to die.
Idealistic newspaper reporter Cameron Colley (Jonny Lee Miller, Trainspotting) has made a career out of exposing stories of corruption. Now, a twisted serial killer is staging his victims in elaborate scenes showing their sins against humanity. The victims all have one thing in common: they were murdered just before Cameron was to expose them. With the police, friends and colleagues convinced of his guilt, Cameron must use all of his investigative skills to find the real killer before it's too late. The truth may be closer than it appears!
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Style without Substance - Gregg
A moderately well executed thriller from a mechanical point of view, but seemingly lacking in any real substance. Perhaps it wasn't translated properly from the novel to the script or perhaps the concepts weren't suited to the medium.
There are a number of themes presented that could have been intrestingly developed here; class struggle, substance abuse, abuse of power and such, but all of them get tossed aside for the central theme which because of the structure also isn't satisactorily developed.
Features some reasonably talented performers in Jonny Lee Miller, Brian Cox and Keely Hawes (MI5) and while none of them embarass themselves neither to they deliver anything particularily memorable but then again perhaps that's the fault of the script.
The film was based on the Iain Banks novel 'Complicity' which was also the name of the film in its theatrical release, for some reason for the U.S. (North American) DVD release it was retitled.
As a plus the Scottish locations are well utilized in the film.Excellent adaptation - Peter
of Iain Banks' thought-provoking second novel, Complicity. Unlike most filmed adaptations of books, Retribution (renamed for the - presumably illiterate - North American audience, much like Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorceror's Stone) manages to convey the tone and feel of the original book, while also sticking quite close to the plot, albeit a version slimmed-down to fit into 100 minutes instead of 300 pages.
Well worth checking out if you're a fan of Banks' work; if you aren't already, and enjoyed the film, try reading some of his novels.
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Style without Substance - Gregg
A moderately well executed thriller from a mechanical point of view, but seemingly lacking in any real substance. Perhaps it wasn't translated properly from the novel to the script or perhaps the concepts weren't suited to the medium.
There are a number ...Excellent adaptation - Peter
of Iain Banks' thought-provoking second novel, Complicity. Unlike most filmed adaptations of books, Retribution (renamed for the - presumably illiterate - North American audience, much like Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorceror's Stone) manages to convey ...