Review of Money

Money (2016)
7/10
Better than average US/Spanish thriller with plenty of twists , turns and a suspenseful finale
11 August 2021
Stars two corporate spies with a $5 million haul for selling secrets triggering a complex intrigue to gain the upper hand. At a countryhouse there's a reunion between a marriage : Mark (Kellan Lutz) , Sylvia (Jess Weixler) and a couple : Sean (Jesse Williams) and Christina (Lucía Guerrero) , but then things go wrong when there appears a stranger called John (Jamie Bamber) . There are only two things wrong with money: too much or too little. In greed we trust.

An intriguing film in short budget with twisted mysteries , emotion , thrills , action and suspense . This is a highly mysterious and cerebral thriller about two couples are held hostages by a thief, resulting in a game of cat and mouse , filled with plot twists , including an unexpected denouement in its ending part . From start to finish the complicated intrigue , fast-paced , thrills , and suspense result to be continuous . Hitchcock-style psychological thriller , being surprisingly good and compellingly shot . The original as well entertaining premise is overspread across the movie adding some brief conventional pitfalls . The main cast is frankly good , such as : Jesse Williams , Kellan Lutz , Jamie Bamber , Jess Weixler , Lucía Guerrero and brief appearance by Fredric Lehne as the gardener . The picture is very well , though sometimes stagy and it has a lot of turns . However , being very entertaining for its successive suspense . This mystery murder was stunningly financed by American/Spanish producers and competently realized , though in low budget . This interesting as well as suspenseful thriller displays a colorful and luxurious cinematography by director Jose Martín Rosete himself . Being shot on location in Woodbury, Long Island, Montauk , New York, Southampton, Sag Harbor, Long Island, New York, Hampton, New Jersey , USA . Adding an adequate and atmospheric musical score by Alfonso González Aguilar.

This recent film by Spanish director Martin Rosete was well and professionally directed . This was Rosete directorial debut , an American/Spanish thriller , written by Josep Ciutat and produced by Atit Shah. Rosete previously realized short movies , such as : Mexican Cuisine , Basket Bronx , Voice Over , Descenso , I Wish and was invited to the Berlinale Talent Campus at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2003 and won over 100+ awards across 300 film festival selections for Voice Over including winner of Best European sci-fi short film and nominated for a Goya (Spanish Academy Award) in 2012 . In 2018, Rosete directed Remember Me, an American-Spanish-French romantic comedy starred two-time Oscar Nominee Bruce Dern and Golden Globe Winner Brian Cox , the movie released theatrically in 2019 getting success enough . This Money (2016) is well worth watching and it packs several thrilling as well as suspenseful scenes . Rating : 7/10 , Above average ; it is a highly mysterious movie that keeps you interested and expecting.
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