Review of Fear X

Fear X (2003)
6/10
This isn't Refn's best work but it is worth a viewing
31 August 2022
Fear X (2003) is a movie that I recently watched on Amazon Prime. The storyline follows a man whose wife mysteriously disappeared and ended up being murdered. He follows her footsteps to a small town and hotel where locals behave oddly when he asks them about her. Local law enforcement pay him a visit to try and "help" him with his search.

This movie is directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive) and stars John Turturro (Transformers), Deborah Kara Unger (The Game), James Remar (Tales from the Darkside) and Nadia Litz (Crimes of the Future).

This is more of a thriller than horror movie but it does have some intense moments tied to "being so close to the killer and you don't even know it" moments. John Turturro delivers a captivating performance. The storyline is okay and contains a nice, but predictable, twist at the end. This reminded me of a not as good Momento.

Overall this isn't Refn's best work but it is worth a viewing. I would score this a 6/10 and recommend seeing it once.
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