Review of Insomnia (2002) by Matthew B — 01 Sep 2014
Det. Will Dormer: "Don't lose your way". The story is about Al Pacino as Detective Will Dormer, a Los Angeles Police Department legend who temporarily escapes an internal affairs investigation that may ruin his career by traveling to Nightmute, AK, the remote site of a murder that has the local authorities flummoxed.
Along with his partner, Hap Eckhart (Martin Donovan), and the small town's wide-eyed rookie investigator, Ellie Burr (Hilary Swank), the exhausted Dormer probes the brutal slaying of a teenage girl who was rumored to have a secret lover.
A clever ruse quickly lures the killer into a police trap, but the suspect escapes and a tragic accident at the scene leaves Dormer at the mercy of the murderer, a pulp crime novelist named Walter Finch (Robin Williams).
As Finch plays a dangerous game of extortion with Dormer, the detective's mental health deteriorates rapidly from guilt over his complicity in a crime and sleep deprivation compounded by the lack of darkness in the land of the midnight sun.
This movie has that Hitchcock look to it that made the movie more chilling. The performances from Al Pacino, Hilary Swank and Robin Williams was so well performed and so well directed by Christopher Nolan that the movie is overall a great thriller.
This review of Insomnia (2002) was written by Matthew B on 01 Sep 2014.
Insomnia has generally received very positive reviews.
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