INSOMNIA (2002) Directed By: Christopher Nolan

Directed By: CHRISTOPHER NOLAN

Insomnia is a Thriller starring two superb actors AL PACINO and ROBIN WILLIAMS in lead and also stars Hillary Swank. 

Movie starts with two LAPD detectives are sent to Nightmute, Alaska to assist local police in a murder case of 17 year old girl. At the same time in LA an investigation is about to put Dormar(Al Pacino) under scanner for placing false evidence in a case and his partner is offered by Internal Affairs to give testimony. Now when they were investigating the NIghtmute case Dormer comes up to trap the murderer(Robin Williams) and partially gets succeeds but due to fog and improper light he accidentally shoots his partner instead of the criminal. Here starts the real game of mind for Dormer as he hides the truth of how his partner died and tries to refocus to case but to his surprise the murderer of girl knows the truth and he tries to disturb Dormer’s mind and makes him feel guilty and which turned him to the position where he is unable to sleep and becomes insomniac. Now both plays mind games with each other up to climax.

Nolan got his command on the story which we see throughout the movie and he has got his own style of narration which we saw his later movies up to last INCEPTION. As usual Al Pacino is superb. Williams had different character than we see him usually and he played it excellently. Hillary swank was also good in her supportive role. I recommend to watch this for its narration.   

Review: RAIN MAN (1988)

DIRECTED BY: Barry Levinson

RAIN MAN is 1988 movie starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. Its story of Charlie (Cruise) who finds after his estranged father’s death that his father has left all his 3 million dollar property to his other son Raymond (Hoffman) whose existence he was not aware of. Raymond is an autistic person and living in a mental institute. Charlie initially for his selfish motive tries to get the possession of his brother but by the end they find a beautiful bonding between each other.

Hoffman was simply superb and deserved the Oscar which he was awarded for this movie. He portrayed Raymond with utmost sincerity. Cruise as his younger was also good and looks fit for the character of Charlie. The movie has its own moments to enjoy and to feel good. Beautiful narration of story by director Barry Levinson. Watch it especially for Hoffman.

REVIEW: Zodiac (2007) starring: Robert Downey Jr. & jack Gyllenhaal

Based on true events, this is the story of a serial killer who calls himself zodiac. After committing the crimes, he sends letters to press informing them about the killings and throwing in some puzzles to solve. The events take place in late sixties and seventies.

Here enter our main protagonists, a cartoonist (Jake Gyllenhaal), a crime scribe (Robert Downey Jr) & a Fed (Mark Ruffalo) who try to get this serial killer. The movie revolves around various situations that the killer throws open and how no one is really able to gauge the complete picture.

Performance wise, all the actors have been optimum. The obsession of Jake Gyllenhaal to catch this killer, the humorous as well as adamant attitude of Robert Downey Jr. and the detective skills of Mark Ruffalo entertain you.

Directorial skills of David Fincher can also be seen as in his earlier thrillers such as Fight Club, Seven, Panic Room, etc. The dark feel of the movie scare you but i guess this is what David Fincher does best.

The murder case is still open in United States with no conclusion even after 5 decades. Thus, the movie tries to show the complications and limitations of people and it does succeed in that. A nicely made movie providing valued entertainment.