Hard Candy (2005) 8/10

Starring : Patrick Wilson, Ellen Page, Sandra Oh, Jennifer Holmes
Director : David Slade
Running Time : 105 mins

Internet groomer Jeff Kohlver (Wilson) meets up with teenager Hayley Stark (Page) after chatting with her on line, but soon realises his mistake in choosing her when she takes him hostage in his own home and sets about questioning him and eventually torturing him until he admits what he is.

This is a powerful yet ambiguous movie, and it's hard to see who the director is siding with at times. Wilson's paedophile is quite enigmatic, and it's hard to not feel sorry for him despite what he's done, and Page's angry paedo beater is pretty scary to say the least - in fact her performance is such that it's difficult to see why it was two years later with Juno that she became a household name. They should really show this movie to convicted paedo's - maybe it would stop them carrying on their evil ways once their released into the community.

You’ll like this if you liked : P2