Whether you can figure out where the movie will lead you or whether the split narrative excites you enormously ... well that will be up to you. The movie has great actors for sure - and there are hints I reckon that are telling you where it goes. Because you may second guess certain things, but the movie also hints if you are right about that - or your suspicions in general.

The structure is well thought of, but it also leaves certain things on the floor. No pun intended ... there is a lot of mystery and I feel the movie had way more potential that it actually was able to dig out and really explore. Even so, it is well told it is more than a decent thriller and it is "fun" to watch.

I have spent my entire life reading about (and participating in, sometimes willingly) the cruel, sadistic "experiments" devised by supposedly intelligent people in the fields of psychiatry, psychology, and healthcare, because I think the psychosis which spawns such "experiments" is much more revealing of human nature than any "data" they might ever yield. So it was pretty obvious what was going on in this movie from the beginning. Cinematography was good. Performances were good. Is Italian a language which must be shouted in order to be pronounced properly?

Verdict: I'm not sure if this movie is fiction, because it's how I assume every "doctor" spends their time, and they are usually given million$ in grants from the NIH to do so.

The good: great actors, beautifully photographed, nice music score, intrigueing start of the story.

The bad: this movie is somehow lacking in spark and punch. The stories plot isnt very original either, bit of a bummer actually. It is part Italian spoken, part english spoken.

I think this movie is best suited for an arhouse audience, which has got the patience for longstretched scenes with only dialogue. It is definitely not a bad movie, but somehow I am missing the excitement that I usually get when watching a movie about kidnapping.