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Triangle (2009)
  
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Directed
by:
Christopher
Smith |
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COUNTRY
UK/Australia |
GENRE
Thriller/Horror/Mystery |
NORWEGIAN TITLE
Triangle |
RUNNING
TIME
99
minutes |
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Produced
by:
Julie Baines
Chris Brown
Jason Newmark |
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Written by:
Christopher
Smith |
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Cast includes:
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ACTOR/ACTRESS |
RATING |
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Jess |
Melissa George |
 ½ |
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Tommy |
Joshua McIvor |
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Jack |
Jack Taylor |
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Greg |
Michael Dorman |
Review
Great production values and colourful images creating a dreamlike
quality to parts of this mystery-thriller are among Triangle’s
best assets. The director is Christopher Smith, a Brit known for horror
films such as Creep (2004) and Severance (2006). This time
his aim is to be more subtle and clever, toying with loops in time and
logic. The wanted effect is arguably to chill and fascinate, but apart
from an eerie atmosphere, which holds up until about halfway into the
picture, the effect Triangle has is more that of annoyance and
frustration. I have rarely seen a film more eager in its encouragement to analyse. The problem is that the
abundance of plot holes, logical fallacies and twists will wear you out
before Smith has even started the denouement of the psychology he claims
lies behind it all. This is no
Memento, and certainly no
The Machinist.
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