Meskada is a murder mystery told in a direct, straightforward fashion and plotted on a modest scale, but it’s also unexpectedly ambitious, turning a corner around the halfway point that takes the narrative in a direction that moves this away from a typical police procedural and into something with a potent political and sociological subtext. Writer and director Josh Sternfeld knows what to do with his actors and he has a keen sense of mood and atmosphere, but he’s not quite so good at shifting gears when the picture takes a detour into something deeper.
In Meskada, Nick Stahl stars as Noah Cordin, a police detective who lives and works in Hill...
Released:
2010
Rated:
R
Length:
89 mins