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How to become a hero of his own book. Review of the film “Black butterfly”

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Paul is a writer, living in a lonely house in the suburbs. Recently, his business is going badly: the customer rejected his last book, and he tries to forget about the failures with alcohol. However the hermit’s life changes dramatically when he meets a stranger that helps him avoid a brawl at a roadside cafe. Upon learning that the stranger was traveling light, Paul offers to stay with him for the night. The stranger suddenly shows interest to the writer and offers a new story for his book. But who is he, and what does a mysterious tattoo of a black butterfly on his body.

Let’s be honest – from the “Black butterfly” (Black Butterfly), few will find the highest cash fees or breakthrough in the genre. If you watched the news in the “Zone horror”, then recall that we have watched through the picture to the big screen here and here. And yet, no matter how hard the authors of the Russian annotations (if it is written in italics under the stars) to catch up with intrigue and confuse the viewer, a trained eye, in fact will not miss. The writer-the alcoholic, the wilderness, a mysterious stranger trouble in a life-and-death – and breathes the spirit of Kingolwira, and “misery” in the first place. And let somewhere outside the frame is a shadow remake of the original French “Night butterfly” (Papillon noir) 2008, we know that if there is a bottle of whiskey, a typewriter and a disgruntled fan with the arms, the legs here by themselves grow to work Great and Terrible.

Hence the question – is it possible there to look at anything except the game Antonio Banderas?

I admit – the French original I have not seen so can’t rate how “slipped” a remake against the original, but… damn it, “Black butterfly” surprise! First and foremost the fact that it is nothing new – it is the same salad of tomatoes and cucumbers killers and victims, however, nipped moves and some stereotyped characters, the performance is up to par. In fact before us a classic example of a chamber Thriller, tightly tailored, with the professional acting of Antonio Banderas and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Moreover, it is worth saying that both actors are to each other – that the relationship between the psychopath and his hostage is based the conflict of the story.

From scene to scene the tension increases, and this feature of the tape is the unpredictability of the actions of the characters. If at first things are moving in the conventional art-house key (reflections on literature and art, problems procrastinatey personality) and resemble some dispersed version of “Chinese coffee,” al Pacino, then what is happening scapegoat dynamic militant suspense… just like we love. The victim wants to escape and makes mistakes, a psychopathic killer trying to take control of the situation and the burning desire to prove the rightness of their views of the world and the creative process, thus does not lose in “literary” charm…

In a word, to watch – a pleasure.

Another feature of the actions can be considered “theatrical” performances. There are very few visionary passages, of the narrative “picture”… and nature, as such, is almost there – a few trees and a road that goes somewhere God knows where. From decorations – old residential pimped desperate writer alcoholic who lost his wife, Muse, and money. Just like in the theater: here’s the scene, here are the actors, here the dramatic conflict. The person who wants to write the lead story, he turns out to be her hero, not leaving, so to say, from typewriter. But who will put here the final point – the author or his characters?

It is difficult to say whether this is a merit of Director Brian Goodman, or from the screen with us talking acting experience, Antonio Banderas and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, but an amazing picture from cover to cover remains spectacular and dynamic, even with the intimacy. The secondary plot fades into the background – the actors have enough skill to give your characters personality and make them look lively. It is interesting that the atmosphere is not a bit lost behind the drama: it is reflected in the dialogs, in the careful arrangement of the scenery, the characters… the audience leaves no doubt that the action takes place in the wilderness, and the question of survival here is in the first place.

And yet for these a definite plus hiding shadows of all those movies where everything was exactly the same, only instead of guns hung on the wall, for example, a Golf club. The crazies and their hostages: “misery”, “Funny games”, “the Flower road”, “the Guy with the white river” and so on “Black butterfly” fit in their symmetrical rows, not adding anything new, but standing out a good performance. It would seem that with all the above cuckoo her in this review, with six points… but no. I must say that the film is very well played with the final twist (it is pertinent to note that not even one!) leaves a tart aftertaste of darkness, despair and hopelessness.

So in conclusion it is worth mentioning that the stars aligned in a row, and this chamber it’s direct with-Antonio-Banderas-and-even-some-people reached our cinemas. You can see her in two days – the rental starts on the 8th of June.

Verdict: 8 out of 10, a classic maniac Thriller with a literary background and high-quality theatrical performance, viewing is recommended.

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