Insomnia 2002 by AverageMansReviews

Insomnia 2002 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/domestic violence/shooting/drugs/drowning/medical

Welcome to Nightmute, Alaska: briefly; there has been a murder and they have sent over LAPD Detective Will Dormer [Al Pacino:] he is vastly experienced at his job, but right now he has internal affairs checking in to him, he is also suffering from insomnia and he is not coming alone as he has his working partner with him as well.  Walter Finch [Robin Williams:] he lives around these parts, he is a writer, he is a suspect for the murder and he too suffers from insomnia

Generally speaking: the storyline/script is broadly speaking one of those excellently laid out ones where; heading towards somewhere, to investigate this situation and things slowly unravel from there, the framework and pacing of this 118 minutes long is solidly good to begin with, but as I will discuss later it does tremendously help when you have at this point in history; both heavyweight performers in this project in the form of Pacino and/or Williams

Action and art; we have our two adversaries trying to chase down one another on foot, so we can to this dangerous log sections [it is dangerous because one misstep and you are heading into the cold water underneath;] so this segment of this chasing sequence altogether is good; I would have been a bit more positive if we didn't see the stunt double clearly doing parts of it for LAPD Detective Dormer/Pacino [I should just saying that; this is no judgement on Pacino for using a stunt double; I'm just saying; maybe not give sequence of filmmaking away with clearly see that it isn't Pacino.]

Character developments and performances; predominantly on both counts there are solid versions of what they were going for here; Pacino leads this cast on his own for a hefty chunk of this project; which is likewise all good, but he does need Williams to essentially push against not only is a character not as a performer as well; so when Williams on any level comes into the project; he just liven things up to the next level; as his character is very much articulate, calculated, matter-of-fact, so in his mind accidents happen matter-of-fact end of story; this partnership on reflection is priceless because you have these two characters these two performers; coming from very different angles; one being from the streets, consequently justice needs to be served also there is without giving too much away an element of hypocrisy on his part, whilst as I have already indicated; it was an accident so by definition no punishment should be served; to reflect Williams' impact I have decided to award 2 extra marks, because he is simply put he is just next level in his all-round performance.

This film receives: 9/10, this film is excellent; I mean if you have never seen this film yet? You really need to see it because of Pacino and especially in particular Williams' performance and yes this film does have some awards accredited to its name such as 1 Winner in the form of; London Critics Circle Film Awards 2003 ALFS Award British Director of the Year Christopher Nolan and 11 Nominees which includes but not limited to Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) 2003 IOMA Best Actor (Miglior attore protagonista) Al Pacino and from the same award ceremony/event Best Supporting Actor (Miglior attore non protagonista) Robin Williams