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richardportelas
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Mindcage (2022)
Bleak but worthwhile
30 January 2024 - 2 out of 3 users found this review helpful.
Usually I'm able to write one of these almost the moment I finish watching a movie. With MINDCAGE it took a few days. Mainly because the end credits left me with a lingering sadness. I don't think it's a spoiler to say that a particular character is left in ruins by film's end, and that was kind of a punch to the gut.
But it's a good movie, and with time I can see a future revisit. Mindcage feels unexpected as a Martin Lawrence vehicle, but he does a god job as a logical police detective staring down a religious psycho-thriller. Melissa Roxburgh gives solid support as his partner, and same for Robert Knepper in an almost-background police lieutenant role.
There's a surprising eleventh-hour twist, but the whole movie's worthwhile.
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