After watching this movie, you will not be a fan of the CIA, and you will be thankful for having a caring mother. The lead character, Lou, is a woman with many secrets, as you would expect from a 26 years veteran CIA foreign agent, but her biggest secrets has to do with who she was, and is as a person. Skilled at the job she retired from, but not amicably, definitely not amicably, she's now somewhat of a semi-recluse, but of course there's more to it than that.
Lou's neighbour's daughter is kidnapped, the thriller part begins and practically never stops; but, you couldn't possibly expect things to go where they go. There are some action scenes but only because there needed to be. The adventure takes place in a forest by the Pacific on a stormy night; an urban suspense it is not, urban I mean.
The movie has very good character development in my opinion; as the story progresses we get to know more about Lou, extremely well played by Allison Janney, from the series The West Wing and the movie Juno. Lou is unlikable at first and throughout the movie, and then we get to understand why. The why will not ingratiate her, it will only explain her and that alone is enough. The why is something we also learn about the character 'Philip' who kidnapped the daughter of Lou's neighbour and tenant, Hannah.
I'm am tempted to write more about the character Philip, played by Logan Marshall-Green (I'm now a fan), but if I do, I'll just spoil for you what makes this story a darn good one. Suffice it to say there are no coincidences or superfluous parts to the story or how Lou is far more than whatever you may think at the beginning. It's a thriller and one I'll not soon forget.
Lou's neighbour's daughter is kidnapped, the thriller part begins and practically never stops; but, you couldn't possibly expect things to go where they go. There are some action scenes but only because there needed to be. The adventure takes place in a forest by the Pacific on a stormy night; an urban suspense it is not, urban I mean.
The movie has very good character development in my opinion; as the story progresses we get to know more about Lou, extremely well played by Allison Janney, from the series The West Wing and the movie Juno. Lou is unlikable at first and throughout the movie, and then we get to understand why. The why will not ingratiate her, it will only explain her and that alone is enough. The why is something we also learn about the character 'Philip' who kidnapped the daughter of Lou's neighbour and tenant, Hannah.
I'm am tempted to write more about the character Philip, played by Logan Marshall-Green (I'm now a fan), but if I do, I'll just spoil for you what makes this story a darn good one. Suffice it to say there are no coincidences or superfluous parts to the story or how Lou is far more than whatever you may think at the beginning. It's a thriller and one I'll not soon forget.