Lesser Known Movies you must watch - 32

Triangle (Another exciting Time Travel movie)
 

Cast: Melissa George, Michael Dorman ,Liam Hemsworth

Triangle(2009) is not a big budget movie (1.2 Million USD) but has a very strong screenplay and story that makes it total entertainment of 99 minutes with the unexpected climax that makes it even more fascinating to watch. The best part about these movies is that the concept is so strong that even with a small budget they can make a big impact if being made aware to the right audience. Although this movie is a psychological thriller but in its own way is smartly narrated and has credible performances from Melissa George. The movie begins with a single mother whose son is suffering from Autism and is preparing to go on a boating trip with few friends hears a doorbell at her house (Watch out for climax). The scene immediately changes, and the same woman arrives at harbor informing that her son is at school and she will be going alone on the fishing trip. She meets few more friends on the boat and at the middle of their trip they are encountered with a big storm that capsizes their boat and leave them stranded in middle of the sea.

This is where it get’s interesting as the group sees a big ocean liner heading their way that they board but find it deserted. On roaming and exploring the liner they find fresh food in the big hall but no one responding to their calls. Some ultimate turn of events happens (that you would have to see on your own) that leads to all her 4 friends dying. When she tries to confront the person, who has killed her friends , the person tell her that “she needs to kill her friends as it’s the only way to get home” and falls from the liner. Now immediately she hears yelling and sees herself and other’s alive on the same overturned boat that she was on some time back. This is where I will leave you to watch the movie as their will be series of events that would happen which will unfold the stories and link all the missing pieces of the story with the ultimate climax of what has happened in the beginning. The movie will keep you engage for entire 90 minutes and you would feel satisfied in the end scratching your head understanding what has happened in that one and half hour.

 

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Lesser Known Movies you must watch - 31

Unthinkable

Cast: Samuel L Jackson (he is everywhere), Michael Sheen, Carrie -Anne Moss (Trinity – Matrix)

 

Well you would have seen lot of thriller movies related to a threatening on the entire nation by a single person/terrorist/insider but still we would like to recommend this movie to you merely for the sheer torture that is being shown i.e. how far can you go to save life’s of millions of people. This movie will show you the power of a government in dire need and the unfathomable power of a nation. This movie is a sheer spectacle in terms of acting special of Sam Jackson (MR. Everywhere) and Mr. Sheen for whom I have a new perspective now and am surely going to see his other movies. Although this movie has a decent IMDB Rating of 7.2 (80+ Thousand reviews) and Metacritic score of over 60 , we still think that this movie has got its fare share of appreciation that it should have received considering so many purposeless movies become a decent hit.

This movie will tell you that in case of emergency and a threat upon you and your family, you might stop behaving like a human being, hence will allow you to take a good look at your values. Movie begins with a man Yusuf (Sheen) creating a video tape of telling that he has setup 3 nuclear bombs across USA in 3 different cities. Then comes 90 minutes of interrogation to find the location of the bomb’s as well as the extreme level of torture which is not suggested for faint hearted where not only the body parts will be cut-off, but families will be killed. The way ‘H’ (Jackson’s character) a special interrogator question’s Yusuf by threatening his family and special agent Brody (Moss Character) playing a good cap and his last to meticulous planning will give you a school of thought until the very end as to if it’s the religion issue or a propaganda issue or something else. I would also recommend watching the extended version of this movie as it is awesome and will surely close the movie the way you want it to end.

 

 

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The Accused

Cast: Kelly Mcgills, Jodie Foster (Her first Oscar worthy/winning performance)

 

The Accused is a legal film and apparently the film that made Jodie Foster a critically acclaimed actress even though she was acting since 1968 (As a child actor) and Accused came 20 years later. What made Accused interesting and controversial at the same time is its storyline of a young waitress challenging and prosecution of not only her rapists but all the Men who encouraged it at the time of the horrid incident.

The movie begins with aftermath of the entire scene where Sarah Tobias (Foster) is rescued and brought into the hospital to be examined by different authorities where its revealed that she was intoxicated during the entire incident. Her district attorney Kathryn Murphy (McGills) helps her in identifying two of the accused as well as the third accused is caught by the police but its been informed to her that all the accused have been released on bail.    

During the first trial a deal is cut between Kathryn and rapist lawyers to sentence them 2.5 years in prison that enrages Sarah who become damaging and psychological. But the movie takes the u-turn when one of the spectators who was present at the time of event chases Sarah and taunts her, harass her over the incident. Now the movie goes on whether the spectators are actually to be blamed for not stopping the gruesome incident that happened, and actually encouraging and shouting (whole thing is revealed in flashback – and its not for faint hearted) at them to proceed. "It is not the crime of criminal solicitation to silently watch a rape. But it is the crime of criminal solicitation to command, induce, entreat or otherwise persuade another person to commit a rape". For Bollywood movie lovers a hint of “Pink” you would find in the end of the movie. Watch this movie to see how talented actress Jodie Foster is and why she has always been in limelight for bringing such strong roles on screen. Do leave your review and comments.

 

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