Check out the threesome! That's Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, and Oscar Isaac. They create a tour de force that rivals any Hitchcock thriller.
Think of a theatrical performance with three stars on stage. They are closely knit, inextricably bound to each other, tied in a very creepy way! They need to figure each other out to survive!
Never the spoiler, I can say this much: A couple travels happily in Greece, touring the Parthenon and partaking of the wonders of Athens. Then they meet a stranger. He gets entwined in their lives. Before long, the three become complicit in a crime, well, more than one, and end up on the lam!
Yes, it's cops chasing tourists. Across Greece. But with a twist: Who is good? Who is bad? What does the stranger have to do with the couple? Who can be trusted? There is murder, mayhem, and of course a stash of money at play too. Oh my, what a delightful mess!
The music and setting are pure Hitchcock. I was reminded of Vertigo. Remember Jimmy Stewart and the beautiful, blonde Kim Novak? Enter Viggo and Kirsten: They have so much of the aura and mystery of the famous Hitchcock characters.
Acting: Superb! Viggo Mortensen is best known, in this viewer's opinion, for A History of Violence, where he was fantastic as the man who could not escape his past. Kirsten Dunst's best work, I believe, is as Marie Antoinette. And Oscar Isaac played the lead in the Coen brother's moving story of a musician in Greenwich Village in Inside Llewyn Davis.
This film grabs and does not let go. Join the threesome as they run from cops amid Greek ruins. Enter the labyrinth of intrigue and deception.
Next time you travel, don't talk to strangers! Haha.
Enjoy a fine work of art.
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