A young couple of thugs drive around in a 'ute with a corpse in the boot. At a gas station the guy kills the attendant. They escape into a country palatial residence. The owner is a severe agoraphobe former art dealer who doesn't have any money in the house and lives by himself.
What follows is an more than an hour of psychotorture. The young thug is your typical movie testosterone-laden out of control tough guy who delights in freaking people out and threatening them. He sort of offers the girl to the home owner only to threaten to kill him or her or both if they do anything.
Finally, the home owner offers all his money that's in the bank. Because of his condition, the girl will have to get the money while pretending to be his fiancée. She dyes her hair, dresses and acts the part. In the process she start liking the home owner. He's different than they are and very different from her criminal boyfriend, who keeps telling her to remember who she is.
The money withdrawals work, but also the police start snooping around. A secret about our home owner is revealed that changes things quite a bit. And of course you are left wondering whom the girl will choose. The ending is interesting but leaves some questions open.
Restrained is an effective movie. You end up hating the little thug and empathizing with the two victims. The twist is interesting and well done. Performances are excellent all around, Teresa Palmer in particular is a revelation. She's beautiful, can act, and doesn't mind showing skin. But the movie is slow, repetitive, boring. When all you have is three characters confined in a house, the psychotorture at the hands of one little creep gets annoying real fast. Overall a good effort that needed more story, more settings, more characters.
What follows is an more than an hour of psychotorture. The young thug is your typical movie testosterone-laden out of control tough guy who delights in freaking people out and threatening them. He sort of offers the girl to the home owner only to threaten to kill him or her or both if they do anything.
Finally, the home owner offers all his money that's in the bank. Because of his condition, the girl will have to get the money while pretending to be his fiancée. She dyes her hair, dresses and acts the part. In the process she start liking the home owner. He's different than they are and very different from her criminal boyfriend, who keeps telling her to remember who she is.
The money withdrawals work, but also the police start snooping around. A secret about our home owner is revealed that changes things quite a bit. And of course you are left wondering whom the girl will choose. The ending is interesting but leaves some questions open.
Restrained is an effective movie. You end up hating the little thug and empathizing with the two victims. The twist is interesting and well done. Performances are excellent all around, Teresa Palmer in particular is a revelation. She's beautiful, can act, and doesn't mind showing skin. But the movie is slow, repetitive, boring. When all you have is three characters confined in a house, the psychotorture at the hands of one little creep gets annoying real fast. Overall a good effort that needed more story, more settings, more characters.