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What follows is a tense and deftly-constructed noir thriller in which Harper's story takes an unexpected detour, presenting the audience with two alternate versions of events with two very different outcomes.
Detour: Directed by Christopher Smith. With Tye Sheridan, Bel Powley, Emory Cohen, John Lynch. Driven by the motive to avenge his mother's accident, a young man blindly enters into a pact with a hoodlum who offers to kill his stepfather - the man he feels was responsible.
- (6.6K)
- Action, Thriller
- Christopher Smith
- 2017-01-20
Plot. Young law student Harper blames his powerful stepfather Vincent for causing the car accident that put his mother in a coma. One evening in a bar he meets and has a drink with the professional criminal Johnny Ray, who agrees to kill Vincent for $20,000.
Jan 19, 2017 · Borrowing its name from Edgar G. Ulmer’s low-budget hard-boiled classic and a key plot device from one of Hitchcock’s finest, Detour is a movie built from unabashed nods toward a thriller...
Detour is a film directed by Christopher Smith with Tye Sheridan, Bel Powley, Emory Cohen, Stephen Moyer .... Year: 2016. Original title: Detour. Synopsis: Law student and all round good guy, Harper, suspects that his scheming step-father, Vincent, is responsible for the car crash that sent his mother into a coma.
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- United Kingdom
- Christopher Ross
- Christopher Smith
Jan 20, 2017 · Detour. Thriller. ‧ R ‧ 2017. Glenn Kenny. January 20, 2017. 5 min read. This movie begins with a wide-angle shot of a stripper on the stage of a club, stretching out at the pole as a song by a Cowboy Junkies soundalike band plays.
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Skilfully written, energetically performed and full of delicious twists, "Detour" (2016) is a highly enjoyable crime thriller that intrigues by using an interesting structural device, entertains by keeping its action well-paced and displays its writer's affection for film noir by referencing movies that were clearly some of his greatest influences.
