Mercy

I had to go back round about 4 times in the middle because it just didn't make sense. Turns out it wasn't on me not paying attention and being on the phone too much, this movie is just weird af. The storyline is so thin I couldn't even see it. Like... For what? Why? Anyone trynna send a second part with all the answers or we just let this slide with a "artsy nonsense" label?

I gave this a go simply because after I finished Watchmen I wanted to dig into some of the other things James Wolk has been in and the description of this film seemed intriguing. As a thriller, the mood is right, and there is some interesting perspective shifting done at the midpoint of the film. but when it's all said and done I was left wondering why I should necessarily care about it all. There's an attempt at making villains seem like the heroes and vice versa, but I didn't feel like I ultimately cared about what happened to anyone. You sort of feel for the main character(s), but only because it's the perspective you're given at the outset framing them as protagonists. I don't know... maybe the point was that everyone is a bad person in some way and there's no real saving grace for any of us... sure... possibly? Or not...