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The Desperate Hour is an interesting way to witness a school shooting, which is once again becoming a hot topic in our cinema. As it is all from the suspects mothers cell phone as she on her daily routine run. For a little while school shootings were too taboo to have in movies. Naomi Watts is excellent at giving this performance her all.
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The script however, feels rather thin as there is not a whole lot of characters for you to care about except for Naomi’s character, but even then you feel thrown into her life at a tailspin where you know little to care. I wouldn’t say this is a must see movie on VOD or in theaters it just doesn’t hit all the right noted like “Run, Hide, Fight” did even though this movie gains a few more stars for not being a Ben Shapiro production like Run, Hide, Fight was.
If I had to place this in a vein of a movie with similar tones to where you don’t know what the heck is going on is the great Ryan Reynolds movie ‘Buried’ which is still criminally under-seen thriller, though The Desperate Hours is nowhere near as impactful it still packs a punch.
Overall grade: 2.5/5 stars
Written by: AJ Friar
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