A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, his nightmares begin to overtake him, and a conspiracy is uncovered—leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
Direction
Ramsay shows violence aftermath, never the act
Acting
Phoenix's body carries decades of damage
Score
Jonny Greenwood's synths claw at your nervous system
Director
Lynne Ramsay
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ramsay wrote the screenplay in five weeks after another director dropped out; she never met the novel's author.
The hammer scene cuts away to security footage—Ramsay refused to glamorize violence even in a revenge fantasy.
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