Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Wreckers

Wreckers stars two of Britain's best actors, Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy, known for her role of the Queen of England on "the Crown."

The movie begins with Benedict and Claire as a married couple, Dawn and David, living in a remote English village in a "fixer upper" home on the outskirts of town.

One day, the couple has a visitor-Nick, David's brother. He has spent some time in the Army and is home for a visit.

In the middle of the night, Nick has a nightmare. Turns out that Nick has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and night terrors. It quickly becomes evident that this will be anything but a routine visit.

The movie is a roller coaster ride from beginning to end. I found the movie to be quite depressing. Neither Cumberbatch nor Foy could save the movie. The character's lives are a wreck, which matches the dilapidated home they live in.

At the end of the movie, I felt like I'd wasted 2 hours of my life. It's dark and depressing, and heavy. In this instance, this movie is a benchmark for viewers to feel, "Well, at least my life isn't THAT bad."

Now streaming on Amazon Prime, Acorn, Vudu, iTunes, 2 stars.

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