Review - He Was A Quiet Man

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Genre: Psychological Thriller / Drama / Dark comedy

Cast

Bob Maconel: Christian Slater

Vanessa: Elisha Cuthbert

Gene Shelby: William H Macy

Paula: Sascha Knopf

Neo Art & Logic presents a movie written and directed by Frank A Cappello.

Running time: 95 minutes.

There are lots of stories many people hear all the time about school shootouts, suicide gunners and murderous maniacs. And there is often a question that looms in our minds - what the heck was that guy thinking? 'He was a quiet man' is a not-so-subtle answer to that question. And it's not-so-fairly either.

Frank Cappello takes us on a dizzying journey into the criminally crazed mind of Bob Maconel (Christian Slater) who is a time-card punching, number processing slave of a typical corporate empire. His workplace is in a corner cubicle, close to a water cooler. He hates everybody due to the fact they disregard him. They treat him like he's a nobody. Not that he's far more than a nobody, but it nonetheless doesn't hurt to be nice, ideal? And so what does Bob do to counter his aggression? He brings a revolver to work everyday. With 6 bullets. And he has already chosen his victims.

Bob's only buddy in the world is his talking goldfish. Yes, talking goldfish. Don't be alarmed considering that you know it is all in Bob's head. And there are humming birds outside his kitchen window that can't rather come in simply because the window is consistently closed. They just sort of hover outside his residence, giving him hope. But he is so insecure that he doesn't even notice them anymore. He seems to find some solace in his porcelain Hawaiian girl and the toy detonator he carries about in his suitcase for lunchtime, when he pretends that he's blowing up the whole office developing. Oh, and there is Vanessa (Elisha Cuthbert), the VP of Monetary Gain of the enterprise, who can light the room up with her smile.

The pressure at function is at all times high. But it would've been less complicated on Bob if his immediate boss didn't kick him about so a lot. And one such day, when his boss pushes him about so significantly, he loses his calm and decides that sufficient was sufficient. But just as he's putting bullets into his revolver, lo and behold, gunshots are heard and people today can be observed hitting the floor. Bob pops out of his cubicle just in time to notice that it's Ralph Coleman, an additional disgruntled employee.

Ralph right away begins talking to Bob, confessing that he shot at Vanessa, mistaking her for the workplace tramp, Paula and that he was going to finish her life, making it simpler on her rather than leave her with just one bullet lodged in her back. Bob has an argument with Ralph about this which leads him to shoot Ralph with the gun he was filling just seconds prior to the shooting began. He runs towards Vanessa and stays by her side till the paramedics arrive, talking to her and keeping her focused.

Just as this incident is over, Bob becomes fairly the talk of the town. Suddenly, he's all over Tv, folks who by no means acknowledged him just before suddenly start talking to him he reaches work and is greeted with smiles and applause, even from the persons who he had planned to kill. The boss of the company, Gene Shelby (I never knew I could hate William H Macy) suddenly calls him and now Bob is suddenly supplied a higher post... 'VP of Creative Thinking', a superior automobile, a greater status.

Aside from us, the only other person who is welcoming all this with disbelief is Bob himself. As although all this wasn't awkward enough, Gene sends Bob to meet Vanessa, who is recovering in the hospital from the gunshot wound. As Bob reaches the hospital, he is told that she has been paralysed from the neck-down. And when he meets her, she spits at him and begins yelling and screaming, accusing him of destroying her life by letting her live.

Distraught from this expertise, Bob escapes from the hospital to go household but somehow finds himself caught in a social circle that he in no way knew existed. Drunk, exhausted and throwing up, Bob is dropped dwelling once again. Here, with the aid of his goldfish, he comes to terms with what is happening about him. The subsequent time he meets Vanessa, she confesses that she was a little harsh the last time and she asks Bob for a favour - to help her end her life.

I could go on with this synopsis, but that'll leave small for you to encounter with the film. I doubt there's any reason that anybody really should miss it. There's a lot of drama, fantastic acting by all the actors, intense dialogues, some special in no way-observed-prior to scenes, and most of all, especially tight editing and an intriguing, but satisfying background score. A quite emotional encounter, to say the least.