Film No. 40 (2018) May 6th. 2:00 PM LUNA Palace Northbridge.
"Maybe they weren't the right questions" (Chamorro answers a question with an insightful observation about the puzzling case).
This B Grade cop thriller, of the best kind, should not be analysed for the holes in its narration and plot because you'll miss the point. Like the airport novel, The Mist & The Maiden is fast food of the cinema; Sydney Sheldon style. Three years after a murder on the Canary Islands remains unsolved, two detectives are dispatched from Madrid to find an answer. Bevalaqua (Quim Gutierrez) and Chamorro (Aura Garrido) are assisted on the Island by the beautiful police agent Anglado (Veronica Echedui) who was a significant investigator on the original case. The twists are clunky and the climax is slightly underwhelming. The scenery could be from a travelogue and the performers from a vogue magazine. I saw this on a cold, wet Sunday afternoon and I loved my escape into The Mist. 9GUMS.
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