Brick
Rian Johnson is a name that offers up contention. It actively splits people down the middle. As he has been cast at the helm of Star Wars Episode VIII, there has been much debate as to whether he could truly pull it off. On one side, a lot of people remember Looper (a movie that I actively confuse with Jumper and may have ranted about the latter as a guise for the formely,) remembering the subpar effort and the awkward sandwiching of Bruce Willis face on Joseph Gordon Levitt’s face. There are a collection who admire his Breaking Bad episode, which I have never seen. And then there are people like me who will proclaim his best work is Brick.
Also starring Joseph Gordon Levitt, this is an excellent noir thriller that showcased Johnson as a stellar director and screen writer. Brick revolves around about Brendon Frye who receives a phone call from his distressed ex-girlfriend. Two days later, she turns up dead in a tunnel. Determined to find out who killed her, Frye turns to the cliques of his school, including the geeks, goths, drama students and goths in order to find her murder. What he finds is that she may have become mixed up in a terrifying drug ring lead by The Pin (Luckas Haas,) and Frye must descend into it to get revenge.
What Rian Johnson delivered in his directorial debut was a highly intelligent teen drama that actively mirrors the tonal patterns of a noir-thriller. The film is deftly filled with sharp dialogue that enthuses the characters, ranging from the goths to the geeks, with a strident and pulsating tongue that captivates audiences. As if the script wasn’t bursting with lines that haunt in a perplexing and daring way, Johnson allows the plot to mingle with twists and turns that showcase ingenuity and intrigue. The cleverness to set an abandoned high school with what is an effective detective story allows the brilliant mingle of two contrasting themes that should feel more like a pet student project than the outcome of a definitive and ground-breaking film. Johnsons never wavers from the distinct grit of drugs in a public school and a man on a crime solving mission for the truth.
Johnson also punctuates the snappy and attractive dialogue and plot with unforgettable imagery. Essentially combining the profound with the real, Brick becomes a collection of undeniably fantastic visuals that impact the story as it unfolds. For example, as a haunting dream is prised away from Brandon, it folds into a blanket of fantasy with the hint of pragmatism. Johnson’s eye for astute visuals makes the film such a terrific and imaginative film that transcends simple genre movies and becomes an amalgamation of many, wonderfully becoming this twisting thriller that alludes to similar smart cult films such as Donnie Darko.
Setting the stage for Gordon Levitt and his counterpart drug lord Luckas Haas to instantly prove that leading the effective teen drama does not warrant anything but wonderful commentary and solidification as an . It has a slow burn and a drawing place but the electrifying plot and the acting demands for your attention. And for that demand, it rewards you with an refinement and riveting film that is captivating, stirring and impeccable.
TTFN
Cookie