Joe (Joaquin Phoenix) finds lost and stolen children while not dealing with years of trauma and abuse. A senator (Alex Manette) hires him to rescue his daughter, Nina (Ekaterina Samsonov), kidnapped by a child trafficking ring. Joe does, only for the rescue to turn south because --shockingly-- the politician may not have told him the complete truth.
This was a highly stylized film and I completely understand if people don't vibe with it. There are a lot of really heavy themes that the movie just asks you to sit with and if you don't want to, that's okay.
Personally, I liked it. It was hyper-violent and also really short, clocking in at exactly 90 minutes. I'm not a huge fan of Phoenix as an actor but he did some great work here. Samsonov doesn't have a lot to do but it's always nice to see a not annoying child actor. The ever-great character actor John Doman (a "that guy", you'll know him when you see him) also shows up and scream queen Judith Roberts plays Joe's mom and the emotional center of the film.
It's an Amazon original so that's where you can find it.
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