Rapace plays a happily married mother in post WWII America who one day thinks she sees one of the men (Kinnamen) who committed atrocities against her, her sister and other women towards the end of the war. She decides to act against him by kidnapping him and holding and torturing him in her cellar. But is he the man?
Well put together and acted by the three principals, this is though hugely reminiscent of 'Death and the Maiden' and it's just a case of did he or didn't he do it and how are the couple going to deal with him whatever the outcome. This element of the unknown, that mystery and doubt about his guilt / identity, is the key to any thrill here and is not perhaps played quite as well as it might have been. Instead there are scenes of both captors making local enquiries at the expense of sharp to and fro dialogue with the kidnapped man. It unfortunately becomes pretty clear well before the end how this will play out resulting in a solid enough but average thriller.
Well put together and acted by the three principals, this is though hugely reminiscent of 'Death and the Maiden' and it's just a case of did he or didn't he do it and how are the couple going to deal with him whatever the outcome. This element of the unknown, that mystery and doubt about his guilt / identity, is the key to any thrill here and is not perhaps played quite as well as it might have been. Instead there are scenes of both captors making local enquiries at the expense of sharp to and fro dialogue with the kidnapped man. It unfortunately becomes pretty clear well before the end how this will play out resulting in a solid enough but average thriller.