As headline says, "Confession" film indeed has some potential. The story line is not that bad. What destroyed this film is that they made it real short and left a lot of details. My opinion is thay this kind of story line really needs to go deeper and should have presented in details, so that it would be more interesting. Now, maybe because of low budget, so, they made it really, really short and hence, it couldn't make it interesting as it should have. While I was watching, I even felt that it was kind of boring because the presentation style is kind of dull and cold. I only kept watching because I wanted to know whether Victor Strong is a bad guy or not and what he called as the truth. Otherwise, I would stop watching even though runtime is just 1 hour and 20 minutes long.

Anyway, they had a chance to make this film a bit more interesting. Too bad that they couldn't make it and it turned out to be low budget, a bit dull and boring film. If they could make it interesting, I might give more stars.

BTW, I forgot to mention one little thing. Thriller? It's what the plot says. But I didn't find anything that made me thrilled. I watched the whole thing with normal mood.

Victor Strong is a wounded man (Stephen Moyer) who has taken Father Peter (Colm Meany, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) hostage with the hopes of confessing to his sins before he dies.

Director and writer David Beton (who also directed The Hatton Garden Job, Tower Block and I Am Soldier under the name Ronnie Thompson) has that great idea line at the top and then ratchets up the tension throughout, continually leaving the viewer guessing as to whether Strong is the hero or villain.

But does keep it up the whole way through?

Is Willow (Clare-Hope Ashitey, Children of Men) a good cop, here to arrest him? Or has she brought her gun and badge into the church with mad intentions? And is Strong telling the truth when he says that all he wants is for his daughter to know the truth about why her mother died? And even more to the point, does the priest have secrets of his own?

The three leads are all solid, but after the set-up, it gets quite talky. And when you'd hope to see the point of view of each character given their own narrative shift, the story plays out in real time.

This feels like a stage play - it isn't - with its solitary location and three leads. It works, but it feels like there was an opportunity to do more, to show more, but as it is, it's not the worst thing that you can find in the world of streaming.

"I talk you listen, understand". Yeah we understand, you got a gun silly. Almost every persona in 2022's Confession (there are 5 of them) "talks" to no end. It's like a play of the same name turned into a movie. In terms of entertainment, I could go either end on that kinda stuff.

So let's get this out of the way shall we. Confession takes place in a church. And the church as old-world as it looks, is the film's only set location. That'd be great if the characters resonated with me but they didn't. With the exception of veteran actor Colm Meaney, all the pawns came off as cliches in every thriller I can think of.

Confession stars Stephen Moyer, Meaney, and Clare-Hope Ashitey. They respectively play an undercover cop, a priest, and I guess a bad cop. Their scenes wear you out for they "confess" and explain themselves too much. Confession at 90 minutes, is almost slowed down to a creep. There may be a twist or two in the dialogue but it all feels like it's headed nowhere.

Confession is oddly directed by the unseasoned David Beton. David's look is dark and banal. He uses a few close-ups, a ton of medium shots, and his staging of action (what little action there is) is stodgy. Beton decides to end Confession with a Mexican standoff (because no one seems to want to leave that darn house of worship). He doesn't even show said standoff so you the viewer are left to imagine it.

If you want to see a flick shot in real time that allures you more and has a true reason for being, then check out 2001's Tape as opposed to Confession. And if you want to view a pic that's roughly shot in one setting where the violence stings better, than Reservoir Dogs is more the go-to. Overall, Confession is a mixed divulgence.