The year 2009 was remembered by fans of a great movie next to sonorous premieres. Several amazing paintings appeared that could stagger the viewer's opinion on cinema. It would seem that modern cinema is rapidly marching towards the sunset, leaving behind a talented director, a thoughtful script and outstanding actors. But it was in this year that dying art showed signs of life, especially in the thriller genre.
Several films left a mark in the minds of the audience as a really good work, forcing not only empathize with the hero, but also to seek a hidden message in his image. Perhaps, the past decade amid the lack of new trends in the genre remains one of the most productive. The best thrillers of 2009 deserve the highest praise at all, because they have brought new things to the world of big cinema.
"Moon 2112"
It’s worth starting with a film that many have remembered as the most extraordinary film. The narration is conducted on behalf of the only hero - Sam Rockwell, known for the game "Fight Club". In the center of the plot is a mining station on the Moon, where he is forced to while away a long shift of a simple hard worker. At the end of his working period, he begins to feel unwell. On the moon, a special isotope is being mined, for which the hero leaves 2 weeks before the trip home.
On the way from the picker, he has a vision and has an accident. The main character comes to himself already in the isolator. Feeling something was amiss, he deceives the onboard robot GERTY, goes to the scene of the accident, where he finds his double. Together they have to solve the question of the personality of the astronaut miner. The best thrillers of 2009 are in many ways similar in that they pose more questions to the viewer than give answers. The film is really ambiguous, but you can’t call it “action-packed”. The picture definitely deserves viewing, because it is unique in its kind.
"Law abiding citizen"
What will happen if an ordinary person disbelieves in the justice system and accomplishes his own retribution? Perhaps, all citizens of modern society are thinking about the appropriateness of the current institute of law. The hero of the picture performed by Gerard Butler is a man of ideas. He is obsessed with revenge, having not found support from society, accomplishes it independently, plunges the whole city into the game according to his own scenario. This motion picture can be attributed to thriller detectives (2009), since in many respects the plot is based on the opposition of the court, law in the form of detectives, the object of this institute in the form of an ordinary citizen. The picture does not leave the viewer without emotions. The antagonist, despite the atrocities, evokes a feeling of empathy, and judicial delays and bureaucracy - righteous anger.
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
In 2009, the first version of the film adaptation of one of the parts of the Stig Larson trilogy "Millennium" was released. If in the previous film a man opposed one of the branches of the system, now it is a question of a war with the oldest taboo - the low position of a woman. Thriller (2009) allows you to plunge into the atmosphere of a detective investigation by Michael Blomkvist along with Lisbeth Salander. According to the author, Salander is a girl who hates men who hate women. She helps the journalist in his investigation for the Millennium magazine, after which friendship appears between the characters. The film makes you think about the hypocrisy of a civilized society, which still puts women at a lower level.
"Exam"
The film did not gain mass popularity, being a kind of prototype of the Belko Experiment, which literally blew up the charts in 2017. The "exam" is less cruel, at first glance, but it pursues exactly the same goals - to show the true nature of a person prone to falsehood, hypocrisy and indefatigable ambition. The film, with a small budget, bribes others - a game of actors who were able to convey the struggle for leadership, despair, fear, the thirst for power and the causeless cruelty inherent in the animal group. The "Exam" does not buy the viewer with shootings or a stunning visual range, but it makes it possible to think about how far people have gone so far along the evolutionary chain.
Pandorum
Since the start of filming, Pandorum (the thriller of 2009) has been public relations as a new milestone in the development of the space travel genre. The name of the film is a term describing a peculiar psychological disorder characteristic of people who are forced to spend a lot of time in a confined space. The plot is twisted around the main character - an ordinary mechanic, who, having come to himself, discovers that the ship of the colonists never arrived on a new planet. The hero is trying to figure out what happened when unknown aliens attack him. The characters of the film have to figure out how much people can fall under the influence of madness and thirst to survive, as well as make one very interesting discovery.
"The Lovely Bones"
Among the
thriller films of 2009 there are many action-packed films, but only a few are able to truly undermine the viewer's faith in everything human. The heroine of the picture is a murdered 14-year-old girl who hardly began to comprehend adulthood. The killer turned out to be her neighbor, who lured the child into his "house for games." The girl’s soul remained in the mortal world with only one goal - to punish her offender. The plot of the picture develops slowly, the presence of the denouement at the beginning does not affect the documentary component of the picture. The story on behalf of the teenager also does not spoil the impression, since the script is written easily and perfectly readable. The film is definitely worth watching, because it gives you the opportunity to look at an extraordinary detective from a different angle.
"Camera 211"
"Camera 211" (thriller, thriller of 2009) is somewhat similar to the previous pictures. The film reflects the confrontation of man and circumstances threatening to sweep him in the stream. The plot focuses on Juan, a respectable man who came to get a job as a prison guard. The day before taking office, the hero goes to his colleagues, asking about how things are going. In a block for especially dangerous criminals, a fragment of a wall falls on a novice’s head, after which he loses consciousness. Due to injuries, colleagues do not dare to transfer him to another place, having laid a colleague in a berth in 211 cells. When a riot breaks out, they run away, leaving a newcomer to the company of evil criminals. He has to impersonate his.