Nicole Kidman with 'ugly' make-up, (a little over-applied, if you ask
me), is the LA detective with issues out to catch the demonic villain
from her past and who was responsible for screwing up her life. This
means we jump back in time to when Kidman was a much prettier young
undercover detective, (this time made up to look much younger than her
actual 51 years), infiltrating said villain's gang, a mission that leads
to a heist that goes badly wrong. Catching Silas now, (for
that is the name of the said villain played grimly by Toby Kebbell), will, she hopes, lead to closure of a sort.
As a crime movie Karyn Kusama's "Destroyer" is slow and detailed with a
couple of beautifully executed action sequences. The fact that in the
present day sequences Kidman is working alone and with impunity might
make it feel a little less credible than if she had a partner but that's
a minor quibble in a movie that has a touch of the Michael Mann's about
it while Kidman is always good value for money. Nice too to see a
feminist take on what is usually a fundamentally male-orientated genre
even if it could to with a trim here and there.
Nicole Kidman with 'ugly' make-up, (a little over-applied, if you ask
me), is the LA detective with issues out to catch the demonic villain
from her past and who was responsible for screwing up her life. This
means we jump back in time to when Kidman was a much prettier young
undercover detective, (this time made up to look much younger than her
actual 51 years), infiltrating said villain's gang, a mission that leads
to a heist that goes badly wrong. Catching Silas now, (for that is the name of the said villain played grimly by Toby Kebbell), will, she hopes, lead to closure of a sort.
As a crime movie Karyn Kusama's "Destroyer" is slow and detailed with a
couple of beautifully executed action sequences. The fact that in the
present day sequences Kidman is working alone and with impunity might
make it feel a little less credible than if she had a partner but that's
a minor quibble in a movie that has a touch of the Michael Mann's about
it while Kidman is always good value for money. Nice too to see a
feminist take on what is usually a fundamentally male-orientated genre
even if it could to with a trim here and there.
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