Review of Stoic (2009) by Shaun C — 09 Apr 2010
Say what you want about Boll, but when he does dark and the sick side of humanity, he is right up with Clive Barker, H.P. Lovecraft and Oscar Wilder.
The film is not only dark, but a revealing saga of how far an individual can go when confined to four walls and no ability to distinguish what is considered normal behavior. The camera work in interesting as it has only four angles to shoot from given the dimensions of the cell, and the pan view is a great allusion to the claustrophobic world they inhabit 23 hours a day. The artificial light, the uniforms devoid of anything resembling life. It creates a sort of science experiment that reveals what happens when life stops being life and becomes merely existence.
This review of Stoic (2009) was written by Shaun C on 09 Apr 2010.
Stoic has generally received mixed reviews.
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