Information about the tape "2:22", reviews of the film, you will find in this article. Thriller directed by Paul Curry is a collaboration between American and Australian film producers. The main roles in the film were played by Mihil Heysman and Teresa Palmer. The film was released in world rental in June 2017.
"2:22"
Honestly, the director Paul Curry is practically unfamiliar to the Russian audience. His first work, which was released in the domestic rental, is just the thriller "2:22". Reviews about the film allow you to look a little ahead and find out what the film is about, who is being shot in it.
In short, an air traffic controller named Dylan Branson is at the center of the story. Exactly at 2:22 a mysterious outbreak occurred, thanks to which he miraculously managed to prevent a collision of two aircraft.
After this event, the film begins to unfold mysteriously and surprisingly. After a series of accidents and absurdities, Dylan meets the beautiful girl Sarah, with whom he has a romantic relationship. However, the case brought them together to fulfill a special mission. Dylan and Sarah have to unravel the cruel secret of crossing destinies.
Random matches
What is the essence of accidents and coincidences that are so often found in the human world? This is the question most often asked by the heroes of the picture "2:22". In reviews of the film, viewers also often engage in the argument that in fact even the most incredible coincidences that can only happen in life are not accidental.
Each of us comes to this world not just like that, but with our specific goal and purpose. Non-standard accidents that are difficult to rationally explain occur, perhaps, with all at least once in a lifetime. In the reviews of the movie "2:22" this is especially noted. Its main characters have a unique opportunity to once and for all explain why this happens. This is the main essence of this dramatic and fascinating thriller.
He forces almost everyone to squeeze into a chair and look forward to a dizzying denouement with impatience and anticipation. Believe me, practically no one can predict it.
Michiel Heisman
The main character of the picture "2:22" works as an air traffic controller. Reviews of the film often emphasize how accurately the director and producers managed to choose an actor for this role. Dylan Branson is played by Michil Heysman. This is a famous Dutch actor who earned fame and respect while working on American television.
He began to appear on the screen in the Netherlands. Fans may recall the European soap opera Good Times, Bad Times, which was released in the early 90's. The fame brought him the biographical drama of Jean-Marc Vallee “Young Victoria”, the post-apocalyptic action movie of Mark Foster “War of the Worlds Z” and, of course, the cult series “Game of Thrones” in which he played Daario Naharis.
Air traffic controller work
In the picture, he appears in the image of a young and attractive airport employee who sincerely loves his job. For example, he takes great pleasure in composing exact take-off and landing courses for airliners.
Once a strange incident occurs to him. His oversight almost cost the lives of almost a thousand passengers of two huge passenger aircraft. Everything worked out only in the last moment.
This is a tense moment in the picture “2:22”, in the reviews of the audience about the film he is often mentioned. Dylan gets a severe reprimand after that. Then he begins to notice that everything that happened that day was not an accident. Oddities just begin to surround him from all sides. He is trying to build a logical chain of laws in order to figure out what really happened to him and what this could lead to.
Exciting action
Paul Curry manifests himself as a skilled and competent director, under whose leadership the spectacle becomes dynamic and exciting. Sometimes it’s just breathtaking when you watch “2:22”. In reviews of the film and reviews, critics cannot come to a consensus, even defining the genre. This is an explosive mixture of mystical drama, melodrama and thriller. The picture contains all the components necessary for these areas of cinema, forming together the perfect combination.
It is noteworthy that the director does not forget about the soulfulness in the film. Romantic relationships between the main characters play an important role. He raises difficult questions that few decide even to ask themselves. The director, together with the viewer, is trying to figure out whether everything that happens around us is really random. At the same time, he does not forget about simple truths, for example, about sincere love between a man and a woman.
In reviews of the movie "2:22", critics advise watching the picture as carefully as possible so as not to miss anything important. After all, even a fleeting phrase or a short episode can matter for the perception of the picture as a whole.
Theresa Palmer
Do not underestimate the performer of the main female role in the movie "2:22". In reviews of the trailer for the picture, viewers already mentioned its vibrant and non-standard game.
Palmer is a popular Australian actress. She made her debut on the big screen in 2006 in a film with a very similar name. It was a Mulari Telluri drama "2:37". In this Australian film, she played the main character, the schoolgirl Melody. Exactly at 2:37 a tragedy occurs on the most ordinary school day. One of the students commits suicide. This incident affects all his classmates and teachers. As the plot develops, the stories of six teenagers who were more or less familiar with him are told.
Then she was featured in Erickson Cora's action movie "On the crest of a wave", the thriller Kate Shortland "Berlin Syndrome", the thriller Mel Gibson "For reasons of conscience." The producer of the last picture was just Paul Curry.
Reviews from Russian critics
Most domestic critics extremely negatively evaluated this thriller. In New Look, the film was given only 4 out of 10 possible points, and the review itself was entitled Don't Think. According to the critic Ivan Gaidai, “2:22” is a very clumsy thriller about relocation of souls and fatalism, filled with besides cheap and maximally ridiculous plot twists.
Critics reacted negatively to the fact that at some point the creators of the tape decided to make a melodrama out of the thriller. According to them, by the end of the story more closely resembles an ordinary ladies' boulevard novel.
Negative reviews from viewers
There were enough negative reviews among domestic viewers. In their reviews, many of them noted that this is just a classic example of how not to make a movie.
Some viewers were unhappy with the acting, calling it too fresh and dull. Also, the work of the scriptwriters, whose efforts to portray a famously twisted plot, did not lead to anything good, was not highly appreciated. Most of the notions inspired boredom and despondency. And sometimes even outright annoyance.
Dialogues are too simple and banal and at the same time monstrous in their mediocrity. The characters themselves are spelled out schematically, do not develop as the plot develops, they behave as flat as possible. Because of this, the viewer often can not understand their motives or actions.
In this case, the plot is completely devoid of self-irony, and it could help such a mediocre film.
Many note in their reviews that, as a result, the tape seems secondary and hopelessly uninteresting, often you even have to regret the wasted time.
On the site "Kinopoisk" picture has a rating of 5.7. In Russia, a thriller in cinemas was watched by a little less than 150 thousand viewers. The fees amounted to about 650 thousand dollars. In the global box office, the situation was slightly better.