Review of Surveillance (2008) by Tom R — 31 Mar 2010
David Lynch's daughter directs this fucked-up tale about two FBI agents investigating a bloodbath on a New Mexico highway.
Three survivors recount their tales, each one filling in a different piece of how they all met up by the side of the road and became the targets of vicious killers. In this sort of film, one would imagine that the story would start, we'd get the exposition on the characters, they'd recount their tales, things wouldn't add up, and then our heroes must figure out the truth.
Instead, we're shown the actual truth, but in achingly tedious fashion. The encounter with the killers takes a whole hour to reach. An hour. It took a bloody hour! In the meantime, we are treated to an average American family traveling across country, two strung-out junkies driving from fix to fix, and a pair of New Mexico deputies who give police 'brutality' a whole new meaning.
So, yeah, it is not what you expect. However, the ending I actually saw coming a mile away. Any casual cinema viewer is going to spot it too. Good attempt to channel the spirit of David Lynch, but haphazard execution.
This review of Surveillance (2008) was written by Tom R on 31 Mar 2010.
Surveillance has generally received mixed reviews.
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