Writer: Lou Simon (Screenplay)
Starring: Katie Carpenter, Todd Bruno, Aniela McGinness, Mike Stanley
Plot: A man and a woman kidnap her rapist in order to extract a confession, come hell or – hell.
Tagline – Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, hand for a hand, foot for a foot.
Runtime: 1 Hour 21 Minutes
There may be spoilers the rest of the review
Verdict: Tense Twisted Thriller
Story: 3 Starts as He (Bruno) abducts It (Stanley) on the side of the road, tying him up in the basement so he can get a confession out of It about committing rape on She (McGuinness), (this is going to be hard to talk about with only He, She or It to describe). As the torturer prepares us for what he will do if he doesn’t get a confession, we learn about how the two come together to work on this plan, the two are from different worlds both looking to help each other through their own struggles, but how far will they go to get the confession?
Thoughts on 3
Characters – The characters are not named only know as He, She and It. He is the man behind trying to get the confession out of It, he is a former soldier suffering from PTSD which shows us he doesn’t seem to have limits to how far he will go. She is the victim of the rape, the night it happened is a nightmare in her memory, she wants the person responsible to pay or at least admit what he did, but her memories conflict the truth from coming out. It is the man that is being accused of the rape, he believes he didn’t rape this woman but is he innocent or not, this is the question we are left to see answer.
Performances – The is a three-person cast, Todd Bruno is our lead performer where he is great as the unstable man trying to learn the truth. Aniela McGuinness is the victim, she is great as the conflicted victim struggling to remember her nightmare. Mike Stanley is the good as the victim or rapist it is up to us to work out which he is.
Story – The story follows a man and woman who look to get another man admit he raped her. We are left to see if the man will confess, or even if he is guilty at all. We see how the story unfolds and the truth comes out which is a story that does have twists coming out, while also dealing with a very real situation in the aftermath of rape.
Horror/Mystery – The horror from this story is a mix of what could get done to the potential rapist and what has happened to the victim with their nightmares of that night. The mystery comes from just what could be the truth about the connection with the potential rapist.
Settings – The film is set in a house in the middle of nowhere, this gives our character the time he needs to learn the truth, he can get away with more extreme methods here too.
Special Effects – The effects reflect the budget by for the most part choice to hide the doing only showing the aftermath of anything.
Scene of the Movie – The truth.
That Moment That Annoyed Me – The one moment that didn’t get explained.
Final Thoughts – This is a mystery thriller that does keep us on edge throughout, it deals with a sensitive subject in a direction that people wouldn’t imagine it going. We also get the horror side of the film for the fans out there too.
Overall: One to watch from 2017.
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