Don't Go: Difficult to categorise: horror, time slips, attempting to change past events, maybe a touch of the supernatural about it. Ben blames himself (as does his wife Hazel) for the death of his child, Molly, who died in an accident. His guilt is worsened by where he really was when Molly perished. Ben and Hazel move to the West of Ireland to renovate a hotel but instead of being a new start Ben has strange dreams. He is transported back to a time when all three of them were on a beach. Even when awake he keeps seeing the slogan Seas The Day. He becomes obsessed with the idea of actually time travelling to avert the accident. The oddities of his situation are well illustrated - he has conversations with people who aren't really there yet seems to be able to being physical objects back from his time-slip dreams. The themes of guilt (plus hiding the truth)and the need for redemption run Don't Go but the realisation that redemption comes at a price is made all too clear. Reality (and Ben's imaginary conversations) is generally shot with a darker filter while the past beach scenes are in brighter colours. The film is unevenly paced with too much time used to set up the critical scenes, it might have worked better as a 60 minute episode of an anthology series. Directed by David Gleeson from a script by Ronan Blaney and John Collins. Saw it on RTE. 6/10.
Don't Go
2018
Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Don't Go
2018
Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Plot summary
Devastated by his daughter's death in a terrible accident, Ben becomes convinced that he can bring her back through a recurring dream. But is it just a dream? Or is Ben losing his mind?
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Regret, Guilt, Seeking Redemption
SeAs the Day
Ben Slater (Stephen Dorff) and his wife Hazel (Melissa George) morn the death of their child Molly (Grace Farrell) who fell down the stairs. At 50 minutes into the film, we get the sordid details. Ben was a realistic recurrent dream and believes he can bring his daughter back if he holds on to her.
Ben struggles with the messages and tries to decipher what they want while teaching Macbeth.
This is not a horror or ghost story. It is a story of redemption, love, sacrifice, and going down the right path.
Guide: F-word, sex, nudity (Aoibhinn McGinnity)
Just average.
Mystery movies are my favorite genre so I'm always excited when it's one of those stories with twists and turns but in this case it just fell short. The plot was much too confusing, not that original, with a slow repeating pace. The cast wasn't bad so no actor has to be blamed for the lower score. It's just the story that is not that captivating, unless maybe you lost a child yourself at one point so you can understand the despair of the father more. I can understand that people are going to like this movie but for me it was just not good enough, at least not to be remembered.