Review of The Sunset Limited (2011) by ?Ukasz P — 27 Feb 2012

This HBO television film, based on the play written by Cormac McCarthy was something to be remembered! I'd love to see it again... even few more times! The Sunset Limited is a relentless play but it was adapted so well by Tommy Lee Jones that it seemed like perfect format for the big screen.

You could summarized it with : "Two players. Two sides. One is light. One is dark." And I haven't enjoyed a screenplay so much for a long time... probably since Bergman's masterpieces. Jones' suicidal college professor is simply named White, while his saviour, a man of faith played by Samuel L. Jackson, is called Black. I could not believe how smoothly I was emerged in the 90-minute conversation in a Washington Heights tenement! Everything was happening in the immediate aftermath of White's suicide attempt at a subway station. Many questions will tickle your mind watching this movie while enjoying the verbal tennis played between the two main characters flowing...

I'll recommend this to everyone who likes a stimulating debate- suitable for atheists, believers and agnostics!