IMDb plot summary: An alienated teenager, saddened that he has moved away from London, must find a way to deal with a dark family secret.
Directed by Tim Roth. Starring Ray Winstone, Lara Belmont, and Freddie Cunliffe.i
The War Zone is a British drama focusing on a teenage boy who finds out that his older sister is in an incestuous relationship with their father, and how this knowledge begins to tear the family apart. This is a very difficult movie to watch, unsurprisingly with that plot. The core three actors, Lara Belmont, Ray Winstone, and Freddie Cunliffe, turn in some really tremendous performances that make this an even tougher watch because they feel like such real fleshed-out characters. The script doesn't quite stick the landing, and I can't actually imagine wanting to watch it again due to the unpleasant subject matter, but I think it's mostly pretty well done.
How it entered my Flickchart:
The War Zone > The Gray Man
The War Zone < Key Largo
The War Zone < The Family Man
The War Zone < The Trouble with Harry
The War Zone < 12 Angry Men (1997)
The War Zone > Happythankyoumoreplease
The War Zone > Bonnie and Clyde
The War Zone > The Wrestler
The War Zone > Patsy & Loretta
The War Zone < The Last Castle
The War Zone > John Carter
Final spot: #1793 out of 3816, or 53%. This feels low but TCDNL.
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