Movie Reviews of films that will be playing at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) in 2016. Go to TIFF 2016 Movie Reviews and read reviews of films showing at the festival.
THE OATH (Iceland 2016) ***1/2
Directed by Baltasar Kormákur
Starring: Hera Hilmar, Baltasar Kormákur, Gísli Örn Garðarsson
Review by Gilbert Seah
THE OATH is TAKEN Icelandic style, while making good use of the Icelandic landscape.
Not a revenge film with all violence, beatings and car chases, THE OATH is a thinking man’s revenge flick. Finnur (Kormákur), a prominent physician, is dealing simultaneously with both the death of his father and the increasingly erratic behaviour of his eldest daughter, Anna (Hera Hilmar).
Perplexed, he suspects that Anna’s new boyfriend, Óttar (Gísli Örn Garðarsson), may be the cause. A frantic late-night call from Anna convinces Finnur that he must get the creepy Óttar out of his daughter’s life for good.
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