One of the more common tropes in crime fiction, either on the page or on the screen, is the hero’s realization that he has more in common with the villain than he’d like to admit. Director and screenwriter Chris Fisher has created a dark variation on this theme in his thriller
Meeting Evil, in which a seemingly ordinary man becomes an unwitting participant in a bloody crime spree by a maniac who appears to personify the violent id to the family man’s rational superego. The film is anchored by a strong performance from Samuel L. Jackson and a fine supporting turn by Luke Wilson, but after a certain point it seems afraid of its own premise, and the movie doesn’t...
Released:
2012
Rated:
R
Length:
89 mins