Solace

"How do you stop a killer that can read your mind?"

2015 1h 41m EN

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6.5

MID

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24%

ROTTEN

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METACRITIC

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6.4

IMDB

★6.5TMDB · 2,450🥫24%Rotten Tomatoes●36Metacritic★6.4IMDB · 72,978

ThrillerCrimeMystery

Synopsis

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A psychic doctor, John Clancy, works with an FBI special agent in search of a serial killer.

“How do you stop a killer that can read your mind?”

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Cast

Anthony Hopkins
John Clancy
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Agent Joe Merriweather
Abbie Cornish
Agent Katherine Cowles
Colin Farrell
Charles Ambrose
Matt Gerald
Sloman
Jose Pablo Cantillo
Sawyer
Marley Shelton
Laura Merriwether
Xander Berkeley
Mr. Ellis

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Afonso Poyart
Writers: Ted Griffin, Sean Bailey
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Afonso Poyart, shot by Brendan Galvin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by BT. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Lucas Gonzaga shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Anthony Hopkins and Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Abbie Cornish carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "How do you stop a killer that can read your mind?".

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1291570 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Afonso Poyart directs. Brendan Galvin behind the camera. BT scores. Lucas Gonzaga cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 11 years ago.
2Directed by Afonso Poyart, shot by Brendan Galvin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by BT. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Lucas Gonzaga shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Anthony Hopkins and Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Abbie Cornish carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "How do you stop a killer that can read your mind?".
7IMDB entry: tt1291570 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 18 themes, including "fbi", "investigation", "autopsy", "terminal illness".

The technical file

Cinematography: Brendan Galvin
Original score: BT
Editing: Lucas Gonzaga
Production design: Brad Ricker
Costume design: Denise Wingate
Makeup / hair: Joe Matke
VFX supervisor: Randy Goux
Sound: Martin Czembor
Stunt coordinator: Toby Holguin
Runtime: 101 min · 1h 41m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $22,586,863
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Solace (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes: 24% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 36/100
IMDB rating: 6.4/10 · 72,978 votes
MPAA: R

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Reno2016-04-04
★ 6/10
The A list actors in a B movie, is the latest trend. A bunch of great actors with their very good performances, but the story was merely okay, even though somewhat it was an enjoyable flick. 'Two Rabbits' was a good Brasilian thriller, this is from the same director and his Hollywood debut which is not a spellbinding. I expected a lot after knowing it was his film, it did not disappoint me either, but for the Hollywood standards this was a let down. If it would have been a Portuguese film, then no one would have complained much. It was supposed to be a sequel to David Fincher's 'Seven', but failed to fuse both the stories. So then it became an independent narration. The title should have been 'Premonition', but there's already a movie with that name. Like I said the story was kind of a mix of other films. The theme was a too much intelligence, so it needed the clever writers for its screenplay. I only say it was a missed opportunity to turn the product like 'Law Abiding Citizen'. For a concept like this, the scenes were too ordinary and the end has been just alright. The best thing about this was the entertainment it offered, no matter if you feel deja-vu of watching this film, you won't get bored. Top actors, but I still consider it a good quality B movie than an average quality A list movie. 6/10
Oldnewbie2017-04-20
★ 8/10
Should have been in wide release... Anthony Hopkins! Colin Farrell! Jeffrey Dean Morgan! A super well paced film with these fine actors and... straight to VOD in the USA. Oh and Abbie Cornish! Not as well know as the above but she was great in her role as well! Twenty years ago this film would have been given a wide release and been, if not a huge hit, a modest one. Certainly would have made it's money back and more. Today?? VOD. So what happened? Too many movies coming out in the theaters to make room for this one? Too many showings of "Beauty and the Beast" taking up ten cinemas or more in the multi-plex thus shutting out "Solace"? Fear that Americans would not know what Solace meant?? Think I am kidding?? Back when Dalton played Bond the second feature was to be called "License Revoked" but was changed to "License to Kill" because the studio feared too many Americans would not now what revoked meant!! At least the Bond folks decided we were not all idiots and eventually gave us "Quantum of Solace"! (See? We knew what solace meant!!) I don't know why this fine film was dumped on the internet and not playing at the nearby 1-105. It deserved a wide audience.
Gimly2017-05-31
★ 6/10
Not half as clever as it thinks it is. Not half as bad as it's purported to be. I'm glad that this never became EI8HT though. It struggled enough to work as a standalone tale, I don't really see it working as a SE7EN sequel. Final rating:★★★ - I personally recommend you give it a go.