#Domino 2019 movie

There’s nothing to grab onto, and even if there was, there’s no reason to hold on.ĭe Palma doesn’t seem to care very much either. The plot threads never really come together they just eventually find themselves in the same room: Christian and Alex can barely think of two interesting words to say to each other, the CIA subplot goes nowhere, and Tarzai never really gets to let loose.

#Domino 2019 movie

But Christian and his new partner, Alex (Carice Van Houten, “Black Book”) want to apprehend Tarzai for the whole “killing Lars” thing.Īlso Read: 'Scarface' Director Brian De Palma: I'm Writing a Horror Movie Inspired by Weinstein Scandal

These agents, led by Joe Martin (Guy Pearce, using a Southern accent that sounds like an insult), want to use Tarzai - an ex-soldier on a personal revenge mission against ISIS - for their own purposes. The plot thickens when Christian discovers the man Tarzai killed was a member of a terrorist cell with explosives in his apartment, but before Christian can do anything about it, Tarzai escapes, slashes Lars’s throat, and flees into the night, only to get abducted by mysterious American agents. One night they’re called to a crime scene, and they arrest a killer, Ezra Tarzai (Eriq Ebouaney, “A Season in France”), as he flees the scene. Watch Video: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Dangles From Rooftops in Brian De Palma's 'Domino'Ĭoster-Waldau plays Christian, a Danish police officer whose partner Lars (Søren Malling, “A War”) is also his best friend. Unfortunately, the rest of the paper is filled with humdrum plotting and characters so flimsy that it’s impossible to care about what happens to them (The screenplay is by Petter Skavlan, “Kon-Tiki”). Moments like the film’s early “Vertigo” riff and a climactic attempted terrorist attack at a bullfighting ring (set off via drone) are intriguing on paper. The best that “Domino” can boast are some general concepts for exciting set pieces. And although many of his films - including “Carrie,” “Blow Out” and “Dressed to Kill” - are now classics, even misfires like “Snake Eyes” and “Passion” usually have some bravura cinematic showpieces that make them worth watching. For most of his career, De Palma has been hailed as a modern master of suspense, or at least a dynamite visual stylist. That’s “Domino,” a couple of interesting set pieces in search of a reason to exist, from director Brian De Palma.

It’s a hell of a scene, a hell of an image, and yet - we feel nothing. To his right, he can see the murderer, also hanging for dear life. To his left, he can see his best friend through a window, dying from a slit throat. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is dangling off a rooftop.