Nonureva Really Surprised!

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

Sanjeev Waters A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

TdSmth5 A young couple of thugs drive around in a 'ute with a corpse in the boot. At a gas station the guy kills the attendant. They escape into a country palatial residence. The owner is a severe agoraphobe former art dealer who doesn't have any money in the house and lives by himself.What follows is an more than an hour of psychotorture. The young thug is your typical movie testosterone-laden out of control tough guy who delights in freaking people out and threatening them. He sort of offers the girl to the home owner only to threaten to kill him or her or both if they do anything.Finally, the home owner offers all his money that's in the bank. Because of his condition, the girl will have to get the money while pretending to be his fiancée. She dyes her hair, dresses and acts the part. In the process she start liking the home owner. He's different than they are and very different from her criminal boyfriend, who keeps telling her to remember who she is.The money withdrawals work, but also the police start snooping around. A secret about our home owner is revealed that changes things quite a bit. And of course you are left wondering whom the girl will choose. The ending is interesting but leaves some questions open.Restrained is an effective movie. You end up hating the little thug and empathizing with the two victims. The twist is interesting and well done. Performances are excellent all around, Teresa Palmer in particular is a revelation. She's beautiful, can act, and doesn't mind showing skin. But the movie is slow, repetitive, boring. When all you have is three characters confined in a house, the psychotorture at the hands of one little creep gets annoying real fast. Overall a good effort that needed more story, more settings, more characters.

Darrell_H Restraint is a very original take on the couple on the run story. More importantly though it is well crafted in every aspect and the acting is superb. The characters are very layered and oftentimes emotionally raw and the actors are definitely up to the task.Travis Fimmel is great as Ron being both violent and manipulative but also playful and even sympathetic. Stephen Moyer is also great as Andrew being a fearful victim that as time goes by becomes more bold with his captors. Both definitely brought the characters to life.Teresa Palmer as Dale had the most challenging role. She is conflicted over the deaths she has been a party to and her feelings for Ron and growing feelings for Andrew. She is not the least bit modest physically but is emotionally unsure of herself, even innocent. Palmer was not only capable but flawless in her portrayal.I did not recognize her as Number 6 in I Am Number Four until I checked her credits. That someone can immerse themselves in two such different characters so as to not be recognizable is a testament to their acting ability. She reminds me of a cross between Kristen Stewart and Naomi Watts.Now if they would just make I Am Number Six. Whoever has the rights to that should realize they have a star for the lead. As for Restraint I am still thinking about it the day after and I can't think of a higher compliment than that.

Claudio Carvalho The smalltime criminal Ron (Travis Fimmel) has killed the boss of his girlfriend and striper Dale (Teresa Palmer) and they are escaping from the police. After killing a gas station attendant, Ron drives to the old manor of the agoraphobic Andrew (Stephen Moyer) in the middle of nowhere to swap the runaway car. When he notes that Andrew is a wealthy man, Ron decides to get money from Andrew to travel to Thailand. Andrew notes the resemblance of Dale with his fiancée Gabrielle that left him six months ago and proposes Dale to die her hair and go to the bank with two checks of US$ 20,000.00 pretending that she is Gabrielle. Along the days, Dale saves Andrew from the sadistic Ron, but the unstable killer is a jealous man and does not intend to leave Andrew alive. "Restraint" is a claustrophobic and dark low-budget movie and my remark is that it is too long. The cinematography is very beautiful and Stephen Moyer, the vampire Bill Compton from "True Blood", and Travis Fimmel have fine performances, but the hot Teresa Palmer steals the movie with her amoral character. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): "Aprisionados" ("Imprisoned")

Nick Damian Whileit was interesting, it was not tense or terrifying.Drama was a little on the slow side and mystery was not present.So what made this a good movie? I don't exactly know.I just know that it kept my attention and after watching 25 movies in 3 days that doing such a feat is hard.I guess it was steady pacing.Well that, a naked woman and a semi unique twist at the end...but I figured it out way before, still I enjoyed it.A few plot flaws,but I'm too tired to type them out now.It's a Saturday afternoon movie and it's not a waste of tie.