MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
Triple 9 (15)
Directed by John Hillcoat
3/5
In this brutal thriller, Australian John Hillcoat’s driving direction carries you fast and furiously over illogical elements and several standard characterisations in Matt Cook’s violence-ridden screenplay.
The setting is Atlanta — which, if anything like the grim city pictured here, is well worth avoiding — where a bunch of crooked cops and former special services soldiers has to try and pull off a near-impossible heist for a ruthless Russian mobster.
LEO BOIX, ANGUS REID and MARIA DUARTE review Night Stage, Two Women, Kim Novak’s Vertigo, and Fuze
ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review The Six Billion Dollar Man, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Goodbye June, and Super Elfkins
ANDY HEDGECOCK and MARIA DUARTE review The Ceremony, Eddington, The Life of Chuck, and The Thursday Murder Club
MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Friendship, Four Letters of Love, Tin Soldier and The Ballad of Suzanne Cesaire


