“Destroyer”: Film Review & Podcast

Posted: June 4th, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema, Film Reviews Podcast | No Comments »

Don’t get me started on the strange ways of the Hollywoodland movie industry, and how & why some movies open on too many screens, and others with compelling story lines and award winning acting never find a distributor.

Which is my fairly obvious way of saying that what might very well be Nicole Kidman’s best career performance should have been available for more audience to savor on the screens of cineplexes in every town.

But “Destroyer” never made it to the silver screen in my town, and probably not yours. Which is why we’re lucky that it can viewed at Amazon Prime.

Kidman plays an obviously way down on her luck homicide detective out to solve a murder mystery and track down the bad guy responsible. We learn soon enough they have a history. And even more cleverly as the back and forth plot unwinds, the treacherous nature of their relationship.

Kidman’s character is not very likable, which makes it all the more fascinating how she is able to draw in the audience to want to learn what happened and what happens.

For further details, listen to the podcast below:

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— c d kaplan



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