Domino

Domino is Brian De Palma's worst film, if it is indeed a Brian De Palma film

About halfway through the new political thriller Domino, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's hero pauses to marvel at the cinematic sophistication of an ISIS recruitment video. "It's almost like they're professionals," his Copenhagen detective character exclaims, whilst watching one jihadist behead an infidel. "There's even a drone shot!" Perhaps this is a tongue-in-cheek moment courtesy of director Brian De Palma, who you better believe slips in a handful of drone shots toward the end of his latest film. Or maybe it's an accidental commentary on the relative professionalism of actual terrorists versus whatever aesthetic terrorist ended up editing Domino to shreds and shards that make no real sense. [...]

di Barry Hertz, articolo completo (3343 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Globe and Mail 4 giugno 2019