Solace
30/09/15 Filed in: Cinema
I must be easily pleased where films are concerned, as Solace has been roundly slated by the critics and doesn't seem to have fared much better with audiences. I didn't find it that bad. OK, the clairvoyant aspect was overplayed, especially when John Clancy (Anthony Hopkins) relates FBI agent Katherine Cowles' (Abbie Cornish) life history to her. But Hopkins is good at the psychic stuff.
Clancy reluctantly assists the Bureau in finding a serial killer but soon discovers that the killer's psychic powers are far superior to his own, to the extent that the killer is playing cat and mouse with both him and the law enforcement officers. He foresees bad outcomes for agent Cowles, but clearly wants to help and if possible protect her, as she reminds him of his daughter who died of leukaemia.
Clowes initially dismisses the whole idea of the paranormal but Clancy reveals things that cannot be otherwise explained, and when he describes intimate details of her earlier life (as mentioned above) she can no longer doubt his powers.
Clancy reluctantly assists the Bureau in finding a serial killer but soon discovers that the killer's psychic powers are far superior to his own, to the extent that the killer is playing cat and mouse with both him and the law enforcement officers. He foresees bad outcomes for agent Cowles, but clearly wants to help and if possible protect her, as she reminds him of his daughter who died of leukaemia.
Clowes initially dismisses the whole idea of the paranormal but Clancy reveals things that cannot be otherwise explained, and when he describes intimate details of her earlier life (as mentioned above) she can no longer doubt his powers.
So, it's all very fanciful, and as we learn more we find that the serial killer isn't, by his own assessment, a murderer, but someone who is carrying out acts of mercy. I'll leave it for you to discover why he thinks this, but it touches on the whole pro-life debate.
Is it worth seeing? If you're more interested in challenging films with believable characters, living what you may call 'real lives', then probably not. If you just want to be entertained, then there's not much to dislike.
Believe it or not I couldn't find a trailer without some form of international subtitles. So here it is with French, which is OK by me, but apologies to those who would rather not see them.
Is it worth seeing? If you're more interested in challenging films with believable characters, living what you may call 'real lives', then probably not. If you just want to be entertained, then there's not much to dislike.
Believe it or not I couldn't find a trailer without some form of international subtitles. So here it is with French, which is OK by me, but apologies to those who would rather not see them.