Micki (Lior Ashkenazi) is an Israeli police officer on the trail of a serial killer. He's pretty sure it's a school teacher named Dror (Rotem Keinan) but after a video of "enhanced interrogation" goes viral, Micki is forced to cut the suspect loose. He has a plan, though. He'll just kidnap Dror and force a confession. Only one problem: the father of the latest victim, Gidi (Tzahi Grad), has the same idea. Now Micki and Dror find themselves both at the mercy of a man willing to go to extreme lengths to get vengeance.
This reminded me of M and also Hard Candy. The film does a good job of eliciting sympathy and suspicion in equal measure even if it doesn't offer any decent resolution. It's billed as a black comedy and I guess the idea of two people kidnapping the same guy to torture information out of him is kind of funny but I wouldn't say it's filled with dark humor. But I could just be jaded.
Anyway, it's currently streaming on Amazon. Totally worth watching if you're in the mood for a thriller with low gore and high suspense.
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