Interesting film about detective Erin Bell's (played by an almost unrecognizable Nicole Kidman) quest for payback, never overcoming an old undercover assignment gone tragically wrong.
I had never heard anything about this film until a couple of days ago, surfing the movie catalog on Amazon Prime Time. I understand the film underperformed in theaters, which is a shame.
Nicole Kidman gives a defining performance as the Devil may care detective Bell. Despite the awesome make up done on one of Hollywood's most attractive actresses, it turns into a distracting factor while watching the film. She looks like an extra from "The Walking Dead", with the extreme make up that was applied on her. It is never mentioned what caused Bell's junkie look; sure, she had booze issues but it's never mentioned whether she took or is taking drugs or if she suffered from some sort of skin disorder.
Only during the flashback scenes about the undercover job do we see Kidman sort of looking ok and even in those scenes she is under heavy make up.
Director Karyn Kusama gives us a bleak look at L. A. You think of series like "Lucifer", where we see a very nice and tidy Los Angeles compared to the one we see in "Destroyer". Her directorial style here is the "the beginning is actually the ending", but I didn't know that until the last couple of scenes.
In a nutshell, I did enjoy "Destroyer". It's not a commercial, crowd pleasing film and I would blame the studio for not giving it enough promotion. Don't expect a fast paced movie, but once "Destroyer" sinks into you it won't let go.
I had never heard anything about this film until a couple of days ago, surfing the movie catalog on Amazon Prime Time. I understand the film underperformed in theaters, which is a shame.
Nicole Kidman gives a defining performance as the Devil may care detective Bell. Despite the awesome make up done on one of Hollywood's most attractive actresses, it turns into a distracting factor while watching the film. She looks like an extra from "The Walking Dead", with the extreme make up that was applied on her. It is never mentioned what caused Bell's junkie look; sure, she had booze issues but it's never mentioned whether she took or is taking drugs or if she suffered from some sort of skin disorder.
Only during the flashback scenes about the undercover job do we see Kidman sort of looking ok and even in those scenes she is under heavy make up.
Director Karyn Kusama gives us a bleak look at L. A. You think of series like "Lucifer", where we see a very nice and tidy Los Angeles compared to the one we see in "Destroyer". Her directorial style here is the "the beginning is actually the ending", but I didn't know that until the last couple of scenes.
In a nutshell, I did enjoy "Destroyer". It's not a commercial, crowd pleasing film and I would blame the studio for not giving it enough promotion. Don't expect a fast paced movie, but once "Destroyer" sinks into you it won't let go.