Monday, November 29, 2010

The Next Three Days

Watched another movie last thursday in TGV KLCC (For RM11, during Wednesday is RM 8). It was "The Next 3 Days" by Paul Haggis staring Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks. I would say it was a good show, a successful thrilling movie.

The movie is about a husband, John trying to prove the innocence of his wife, Lara, who was accused of murdering her boss in the movie. He was a community college teacher and he had to raise the son, Luke by himself. After 3 years of trying to appeal and finding evidence to prove Lara's innocence, his efforts were in vain. At the verge of giving up and collapsing, he opted for another way out to get his family together again. So he planned for "kidnapping" his wife from the prison and escaping to another country.



He spent 3 years trying to plan for the escape by studying the prison's routine and trying to find the "key" to the prison that his wife was kept in. But due to sudden notice, John suddenly had 3 days to execute his plan before all his efforts went futile again as his wife was going to be transferred to another prison. So he tried everything he could to bring forward his plan. He tried to get falsified documents and even killed a mafia to get whole load of money for the escape.


In the end, did he succeed? That's for you to find out. :)

Food for thought
From this movie, the part that touched and kept me pondering was the part where John fully believed in his wife that she was innocent even though all the evidences were pointing against her. And he tried everything he could to bring his family back together again, even though that meant going against the law and jeopardizing his career and life.

In the end, true enough, his wife was indeed innocent but the flaw of the law enforcement accused her of an act that she never committed.

Besides, from this movie, John's perseverance and mental strength were vividly presented. He planned and pressed on the plan all by his own. He had no support at all from his friends, nor his family. In the end, he did what he believed was the right thing to do.

Overall, it was a good show, worth a watch in the cinema. :) Go watch it man. hehe...

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2 comments:

Unknown said...

I think this show is somehow similiar to "Double Jeopardy" starring Sandar Bullock and Anthony Hopkins.....

i've always liked this kind of thrillers, better than Harry potter,,,dont blame me, i have got police blood in me,,,hahhaahah

Gabriel said...

hahhaa...no worries, i totally agree with you! I don't like HP either.