Synopsis
An FBI agent tracks a serial killer with the help of three of his would-be victims - all of whom have wildly different stories to tell.
2008 Directed by Jennifer Lynch
An FBI agent tracks a serial killer with the help of three of his would-be victims - all of whom have wildly different stories to tell.
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Atmospherically creepy, with characters whom would easily fit into the David Lynch Cinematic Universe, but at the same time, way more straightforward than most David Lynch movies; Surveillance, directed by the daughter of Mr Lynch, Jennifer Lynch, is a highly entertaining edge-of-your-seat thriller. The twist might be easy to see for the trained eye, but the conclusion should leave most viewers satisfied. Bill Pullman and Julie Ormond make convincing FBI Agents, but child actress, Ryan Simpkins, steals the show. Be on the lookout for a couple of cops, whom take the Super Troopers way of policing, to a whole new level. Fans of creepy thrillers, need to have Surveillance fully on their movie watching radar.
A crime thriller where the script is at odds with the performances and direction. It's cheap, obnoxious, and dated. In a word, tacky.
The script wants to set up a mystery atmosphere where an unknown horrible event has occurred, leaving many people dead, and the survivors all assemble in a rural police station to unravel the mystery. The problem is, the actors and the direction do everything they can to immediately spell it all out to us as loud as possible through some off-kilter performances. It makes no attempts to preserve any of its mystery. Which would be fine if the script were structured in a way that let the performers off the leash, but that isn't the case.
It's…
One of the most poorly telegraphed twists I’ve ever seen. Within the first 5 minutes I knew where the movie was going to end up. That’s a real killer for a film that builds its entire existence around its final scenes.
DOA
Terrifically disturbing psychological thriller directed by Jennifer Lynch, daughter of David.This movie had me hooked after 10 minutes and kept me on the edge of my seat throughout it's tension filled duration. The performances are all compelling but Bill Pullman is the stand-out in what could be career best role.
The main part of the story is told in flashback as the various witnesses of a crime tell their version of events to the investigating FBI agents, as the narrative shits we begin to see a clearer picture of what has unfolded.
This is a smartly scripted thriller with a wicked twist in its tail and in my opinion it doesn't receive nearly enough praise, well worth tracking down.
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i wasn't really feeling this one at first, but i stuck with it for bill pullman and i'm glad i did. i don't know how to convince you to watch this without giving too much away, so just take my word for it. if you're into dark thrillers, you need to give this a watch.
If you're watching a movie about FBI agents investigating a series of grisly murders, and that movie is directed by someone with the surname Lynch, you're probably going to lug some baggage into the experience. You expect a little weirdness, and maybe you're willing to discount some things that deserve more scrutiny. I think Jennifer Lynch was fully aware of this bias, and attempted to leverage it in service of the story. It worked on me for a while.
But she gave away too many tells to really turn the movie on its head. Nevertheless, she set a suitably creepy tone and for me there was a peculiar sense of dread that hung over most of this. The highway sequence…
Two corrupt cops, two junkies, a family of four, two FBI agents and a couple of killers on a killing spree out in the middle of nowhere will violently collide. Back at the police station everyone is trying to figure it all out. Jennifer Lynch directs with malice on the brain, even her daddy David called her a sick bitch when he saw the twist and turns unfold. I think it's an underrated film. It's a cruel picture, maybe too cruel I guess for many people but for fans of extreme cinema this is caviar.
A dark thriller with some heavy moments and tense situations.
It drags a bit at first, but it also has the amount of mistery necessary to keep you watching until the climax.
Plus, I gotta say that Julia Ormond is insanely hot af in this one.
So, I haven’t seen anything from Jennifer Chamber Lynch up until now. I’ve only discovered her career a few months ago and it’s already very cool to see other art from the Lynch family, excluding David of course.
This is not a weird weird movie, it’s kind of strange but doesn’t reach the classic Lynchian levels of strange. Fortunately, I wasn’t expecting that, but what I got wasn’t that amazing either. It’s just slightly bland when you get to the end - an unimpressive yet enjoyable ride. It’s also a fucked up movie but still, not TOO fucked up. Nothing reaches the intrigue of that first scene, but I have to admit that I didn’t see the plot twist coming…
Blu-ray, personal collection.
Jennifer Lynch is a fascinating, flawed individual. She first caught my attention via the trailer for a documentary called Despite The Gods, which was a behind the scenes doc about a movie she had made in India called Hisss that was a total disaster. I knew who she was of course because of her dad, and some Boxing Helena lore. But the visual of this struggling woman lost in India and trying to make a horror film grabbed me. So I watched all her films, and kinda fell in love with her. I pitched an article on her to the magazine I was working on at the time (called Diabolique, this is 2013), and the EIC had her…
Multiple POVs and gallows humor make this a movie you should see at least once.
Jennifer Lynch's effed up thriller falls apart the more you think about it, but in the moment you're genuinely captivated.
Idiot cops and gore keep you interested, but you see more than a couple of spots in which the movie needed to be stronger.
The performances are adequate, and you know J-Lynch is her father's daughter, even though Boxing Helena wasn't that terrible.
Bill Pullman and Julia Ormond wear matching outfits and part their hair the same way, which is cute.