Restraint is an average hostage type film, lacking alternative outcomes.
There was only one place this could go. Hostage type films usually don't work, because they're always bad people. Unless it's a good person trying to clear their name or in the case here only one's really bad, but you have to ask why she's with this guy in the first place. I like the idea to have the hostage affecting the robbers, having her play the role of his wife to collect the jewels and her liking it and envisioning continuing the lifestyle and him becoming jealous of Andrew for her wanting to do so. The problem with this, for it to be possible you have to have this dictating a-hole in the entirety of the film. Beyond this, there isn't a whole lot going on. Not great performances by the cast.
It was a clever move by Ron to give Dale the gun unloaded and then put the bag over Andrew's head, forcing her to have to make a decision. It was obvious to me that it wouldn't be loaded because we knew what he was thinking at the time, which I assume we were suppose to, but why give us that information? There wasn't much else she could really do, he wouldn't of stopped until he was dead or she gave him the answer.
There was only one place this could go. Hostage type films usually don't work, because they're always bad people. Unless it's a good person trying to clear their name or in the case here only one's really bad, but you have to ask why she's with this guy in the first place. I like the idea to have the hostage affecting the robbers, having her play the role of his wife to collect the jewels and her liking it and envisioning continuing the lifestyle and him becoming jealous of Andrew for her wanting to do so. The problem with this, for it to be possible you have to have this dictating a-hole in the entirety of the film. Beyond this, there isn't a whole lot going on. Not great performances by the cast.
It was a clever move by Ron to give Dale the gun unloaded and then put the bag over Andrew's head, forcing her to have to make a decision. It was obvious to me that it wouldn't be loaded because we knew what he was thinking at the time, which I assume we were suppose to, but why give us that information? There wasn't much else she could really do, he wouldn't of stopped until he was dead or she gave him the answer.