Faces In The Crowd (2011) 7/10

Starring : Milla Jovovich, Julian McMahon, David Artakchi, Michael Shanks
Director : Julien Magnat
Running Time : 103 mins

When school teacher Anna Merchant (Jovovich) witnesses one of the murders committed by notorious serial killer Tear Jerk Jack, she is injured and suffers a blow to the head. This results in her developing a rare malady known as face blindness, and she finds she is unable to recognise even the face of her boyfriend Bryce (Shanks). To make matters worse, Tear Jerk Jack knows who she is, and she has no way of recognising him.

I wasn’t expecting much from this thriller – I was in fact expecting a horror movie, seeing as Jovovich is the star – but instead I was given a reasonably decent thriller that rests on the simple premise of a woman who is unable to recognise faces, including the face of a murderer. The performances aren’t the best, but the tension escalates at a decent pace, and the conclusion made sense which is always a plus.

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