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Dolan's Cadillac (2009)
 
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Directed
by:
Jeff Beesley |
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COUNTRY
USA/UK |
GENRE
Thriller |
NORWEGIAN TITLE
Dolan's Cadillac |
RUNNING
TIME
89
minutes |
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Produced
by:
Rhonda Baker
Alain Gagnon
Stephen Onda |
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Written by
(based on the short story by
Stephen King):
Richard
Dooling |
Review
After an impatient and
unremarkable first half, in which callous mobsters and beautiful couples
fight over who can come off as the most stereotypical, Dolan's
Cadillac suddenly turns into a highly competent psychological study
in its final part, centered around a conspicuous psychological power struggle
between two strong and believable characters who are drawn closer to
each other in more ways than any of them would like to acknowledge.
Stephen King, who wrote this as a short story back in 1993, returns to a
territory he has trodded before – most notably in
Misery. This
time, however, the caged and begging party is the ostensible bad guy,
and with the roles reversed, King provides a clever and fresh focus. Are
you able to keep hating Dolan until the very end? That is the big
question in this chiller, which goes from indifferent to engrossing
during its running time. With a tad better direction in the film's
first part, Dolan's Cadillac could have ranked among the more
interesting King adaptations. Considering the absurdity of the
situation, the final segment is remarkably believable – largely thanks
to Christian Slater's superb acting. Listen for James Mark Stewart's
exciting theme score.
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