Starring: Matthias Schoenaerts, Diane Kruger
Disorder
Director: Alice Winocour
Rating: 4/5
Matthias Schoenaerts is one of the most in-demand actors around and he is back with Disorder, the third feature film that we have seen him star in so far this year.
Schoenaerts has starred in The Danish Girl and A Bigger Splash but now the actor is set to take on the lead role in this great new drama.
Following a tour of duty, Special Services soldier Vincent (Schoenaerts) takes a job in security for a wealthy Lebanese businessman and his family. During a lavish party at the family's luxurious 'Maryland' villa in the South of France, Vincent senses that something is amiss. When his employer is urgently called away on business Vincent is left to ensure the safety of his wife Jessie (Kruger) and their child.
Suffering from post-traumatic stress, Vincent battles his own paranoia whilst clinging to the certainty that Jessie and her family are in real and immediate danger, unleashing a hell-bent determination to protect them at all costs.
I have been a fan of Schoenaerts ever since I saw him give that terrific turn in Rust and Bone, he delivers another great performance as Vincent, a former soldier who is suffering from PTSD.
The actor gives another nuanced and haunting performance as he strikes the perfect balance between troubled and vulnerable with a menace when he is called into action. For me, he is the best thing about the film.
We have seen Schoenaerts' star really rocket in the last couple of years and Disorder is the latest film that cements him as a terrific actor and leading man.
Disorder is only the second feature film of director Alice Winocour's career and comes four years after she made her directorial debut with Augustine. As well as being in the director's chair, Winocour has also penned the film's screenplay and she has crafted a tense and exciting movie.
Winocour really is a filmmaker to watch out for going forward as she has created a wonderful tension and uncertainty that hangs over the whole film. She seems to build and create tension and suspense with ease and I hope everyone sits up and takes note of her skill when they see this film.
Disorder is a movie that wonderfully explores paranoia and it delivered so much more than I was expecting. This is a tense, dark, and truly suspenseful movie that is a terrific watch.
Disorder is out now.
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