VILLAIN Review: A Redemptive Anti-Heroic Character Study Of Evil Men
It’s not everyday a man wakes up having to live his life looking over his shoulder. For ex-convict Eddie Franks (Craig Fairbass), it’s been a daily practice since childhood. Such is the grim setup as actor-cum-filmmaker Phillip Barantini’s new film, Villain, comes host to a dark, gritty gangster tale with fair loads of violence and gore, underscored by more than its urban crime bearings. To know a film like Villain is to understand the human psyche and what fuel’s a person’s addictive nature. Some are keen on food, sex, drugs and alcohol, etc. Others are in it for the thrill of a thing. The excitement. The danger. Sometimes, one or more of these become a package deal of sorts, and this was especially the case for Eddie having just done a ten year stretch and reunited with brother Sean (George Russo). Eddie’s a lot wiser with age though, and he’s […]
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