Colin Farrell plays Victor/Lazlo who has gone undercover in the gang of a group of criminals to avenge the death of his wife and son. He's principled, for a psycho killer. He meets his neighbor Beatrice (Noomi Rapac) in a Friends-like way, their high-rise apartments look into one another's. Neither is quite as they seem. From a distance Beatrice is beautiful but up close she has deep scars on her face like Marla Hanson in the 80s from an assaultive drunk driver.
In a nod to Rear Window, Beatrice has seen the psycho killer Victor in action through her window. She attempts to blackmail him to get him to knock off her drunk driver. This presents Victor with a dilemma: he's busy trying to get back on the group of criminals and at the same time still holds a torch for his former wife, and did I mention, Beatrice is beautiful and single?
Done by Niels Arden Oplev director of the Swedish version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and director of photography Paul Cameron (late of Total Recall 2012 remake), the film has a nice dark and blue hue that some items like Beatrice's dresses stand out in.
* * * (of 4)
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