Discreet 2017

Discreet 2017

Discreet 2017
Unrated | 1h 21min | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 1 June 2018 (USA)

Storyline:

After years in hiding and struggling to control his demons, an eccentric drifter returns home and discovers that his childhood abuser, the center of his pain, is still alive. Armed with this knowledge, the drifter plots his revenge, all the while navigating the perilous land of masculine fragility in modern-day America.

User review:

I intend to view this film again and perhaps add or change to this review, as I am of the opinion that Mathews was trying to power-pack several different stories that were all connected. Such connections were sometimes explicit, other times highly implicit, and even on occasion imaginary or inexplicable, possibly all told in real time, possibly juxtaposing past flashbacks with present actions, hence my partial title of “uneven”. The film is also surreal on a number of levels, aided by on-location filming, contrasting scenes of bright sunshine (where actions and events of the characters almost seem unreal) with dark-of-night montages and interiors. Jonny Mars is excellent and conveys complex dimensions of Alex, no easy feat given the character’s largely taciturn manner.

Director: Travis Mathews
Writer: Travis Mathews
Stars: Jonny Mars, Atsuko Okatsuka, Joy Cunningham
Official Sites: Facebook
Country: USA | Brazil
Language: English
Release Date: 1 June 2018 (USA)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6099416/