Solace, film review: Anthony Hopkins is in a scene-stealing groove but this is overcooked
(15) Afonso Poyart, 101 mins. Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Colin Farrell, Abbie Cornish
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Your support makes all the difference.A new serial killer movie with Anthony Hopkins should be a treat. Hopkins is in a scene-stealing groove but Solace turns out to be an overcooked affair, fussily directed and far-fetched.
Hopkins plays Dr John Clancy, a former FBI analyst prised out of retirement when a serial killer runs amok.
Solace effectively establishes a brooding mood, but it's when Clancy sees too far into the future and the film-makers venture into metaphysics that it begins to fall apart.
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