Film Review: The Fall

Hello again sorry for the length it has taken for me to write another review i know you all have been waiting patiently. well since my last film review post there have been several great films that have been released with the likes of Inception, The Social Network, Scott Pilgrim vs the World and Iron Man 2. All of these i may get around to reviewing but i would like to talk about one of the greatest films i have ever seen, this film is called 'The Fall' which was made in 2006 and directed by Tarsem Singh.

The film is based in 1920's Los Angeles, about a young girl 'Alexandria' who is in hospital after breaking her arm and she meets a young stuntman 'Roy Walker' who can't move anything below his waste after an accident. Roy wants to end his life as he feels he will permanently paralysed from the waste down, so when he meets Alexandria he starts to tell her a story in exchange for her getting him pills to end his life though he tells her its to help with his pain. The story he tells her is about several heroes who have been stranded on a small island by the same man and they all swear they will get there revenge, so they travel there way to seek revenge, the story he tells her he uses people from the hospital to portray the characters in the story he tells Alexandria.

This film doesn't boast an impressive or well known cast which is probably the reason why i hadn't heard of the film until word of mouth as i can't even remember it being advertised. The acting was brilliant though this was a film that actually bought out emotion in me, it actually bought a tear to my eye while watching this which is hard to tell you why without spoiling the film. Though it also has action and slight humour in this emotionally powerful film.

The most impressive thing i notice about this film though is the colour used, it was incredible both in the settings and the costumes used. We had the colour of the colours overpowering the scenery unless it was some significance in that scene. Though the locations where also incredible especially shots in the desert with a very wide angled, long shots of the characters and the desert hills. The film was very well written so it had an incredible storyline and shot amazingly well, this film i say is a perfect example of a film makers film, everything done to perfection with use of shots, techniques and colour.

My rating for this film i give a 10/10, yes a very big rating/praise but all very much deserved as i can't think of anything wrong with this film at all. And also the fact it actually bought out a real emotion and tear to my eye which hasn't happened in many, many years. A must see for all film lovers out that.