"I'm interrupting this interview for the purpose of making further inquiries"

The Interview

This is a little gem from Australia that you have to make sure not to miss. A pre-Matrix Hugo Weaving stars as Eddie, a normal average Joe. At 5 o'clock in the morning, the police blasted their way into Eddie's apartment and took him to the police headquarters. He's sitting in an interrogation room opposite detective John Steele who frequently interrupts the interview letting Eddie sweat until he comes back. He's suspected of car theft and even murder. But he isn't the only one under pressure; the detective himself has people on his back with other agendas.

A lot of people compare this film with the “Usual Suspects”. And in some respects they are similar. Namely that they both really just deal with a cop and a suspected criminal in a room talking. But, where as the “Usual Suspects” tells most of its story through flashbacks, “Interview” spends the entire movie in this small claustrophobic room watching these characters verbally wrestle with each other. And don’t be expecting these films to end the same, either. The twists that “Interview” provides are things of brilliance.

This film really shows off the acting chops of Hugo Weaving, who really is the center of this movie. His is an Oscar worthy performance in my mind. He creates brilliant moments of tension with just the subtlest of methods. This is the kind of movie that really focus’ on the craft of acting.

I really don’t want to say to much more about it, as I don’t want to spoil it. This kind of movie is best enjoyed if you don’t really know what to expect.