“Destroyer is, at its core, a film about confronting your mistakes and making the brave decision to be accountable for your actions. Within the relatable frameworks of crime thriller and cop movie, it’s also an insistent character study, hinging on the wounded but resilient psychic landscape of an LAPD detective named Erin Bell. The criminal underworld she investigates, alongside a storytelling structure that allows for narrative surprise, recall films like Heat and The Usual Suspects. But the film also allows intimate access to her in a tradition of genre films as varied as Taxi Driver, A Prophet, or Nightcrawler. It’s made more modern and relevant by its complicated female lead, and I can’t think of a time when I’ve loved a character more.” - Karyn Kusama
Destroyer is a 2018 American crime drama film directed by Karyn Kusama, from a screenplay by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi. It stars Nicole Kidman, Toby Kebbell, Tatiana Maslany, Scoot McNairy, Bradley Whitford, and Sebastian Stan, and follows an undercover LAPD officer who must take out members of a gang years after of her case was blown. The film had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2018 and was released on December 25, 2018 by Annapurna Pictures. At the 76th Golden Globe Awards, Kidman was nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama.
Synopsis :
LAPD detective Erin Bell, as a young cop, was placed undercover with a gang in the California desert with tragic results. When the leader of that gang re-emerges many years later, she must work her way back through the remaining members and into her own history with them to finally reckon with the demons that destroyed her past.
Destroyer
Directed by Karyn Kusama
Produced by Fred Berger, Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi
Written by Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi
Starring Nicole Kidman, Sebastian Stan, Toby Kebbell, Tatiana Maslany, Bradley Whitford, Jade Pettyjohn, Scoot McNairy, Toby Huss, Zach Villa , James Jordan, Beau Knapp , Shamier Anderson, Chris Fiore
Music by Theodore Shapiro
Cinematography : Julie Kirkwood
Edited by Plummy Tucker
Production company : 30West, Automatik Entertainment
Distributed by Annapurna Pictures (United States) Metropolitan FilmExport (France)
Release date : : December 25, 2018 (United States), February 20 2019 (France)
Running time : 123 minutes
(Source : Wikipedia)
