Solace Film Review

Finished watching Solace, directed by Afonso Poyart and staring Jeffery Dean Morgan, Abbie Cornish, Anthony Hopkins, Autumn Dial and Colin Farrell. The film opens up with FBI agents Joe Merriweather (Jeffery Dean Morgan) and Katherine Cowles (Abbie Cornish) at a murder scene which is similar to two previous victims the two have seen. After coming to a dead end Joe calls in his old friend John Clancy (Anthony Hopkins) who has placed himself into a self exile after the death of his daughter Emma (Autumn Dial), for help on the case as John has psychic abilities which might give the team the upper hand in capturing the murderer. Overall this was a great film as it brings about a different type of twit to a typical detective story by bringing a slight supernatural element to the story. The reveal of Colin Farrell's character Cecil Weinberg brings an interesting part to the story with Cecil's motive and the interaction between him and John is very interesting especially with their different ideologies. Some parts of the film are quite obvious in the direction it goes only for it to have an unseen twist to it which changes the prospective of some parts of the film. 8/10.