Review of The Sunset Limited (2011) by Patrick D — 04 Jun 2011

Hopefully, if you have interest in this movie, enough to bother to look at reviews, you already know this movie to be a dialogue driven, character development piece. Often times, with actual website reviewers, they knock smarter movies, with an elitist attitude, because they went to see themselves as too smart for it, yet they have no issues doling out 85%'s to mindless eye candy.

I enjoyed this movie. It's essentially just Sam Jackson, and Tommy Jones arguing there own perspectives about various notions of life. Jones has a more absurdist perspective, although evidently not in the Albert Camus sort of way, as he is very adamant about killing himself. Jackson's character, who rescued Jones from killing himself, spent many years in prison, to become a devout god-fearing man near his release. He feels he has an obligation to ensure Jones doesn't attempt to kill himself again, and takes him on as a challenge, in conversation. Mostly, they argue their sides back and forth, in Jackson's apartment, in a fairly intelligent, and creative way, until the end, of which I will not spoil.

If you want something thought provoking, with some great character building, I, without question, recommend The Sunset Limited.