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Father Peter (Colm Meaney) is just about to close up his church when an
armed man, Victor (Stephen Moyer), with a bullet wound storms in and at
gunpoint forces the priest to lock all doors. Now Father Peter is clever
enough to do the armed man's bidding and merciful enough to tend to his
wound - even if he before long has to realize the man won't last all that
long without professional treatment - which Victor categorically refuses.
Having patched up Victor as good as he can, Father Peter makes him tell
his tale of woe, which involves a killed wife (Rachel Summers) and an
estranged daughter (Sadie Jean Shirley). What neither man knows though
when they're having their heart-to-heart is that there's a third person
hiding in the church, Willow (Clare-Hope Ashitey) - and she's not just
anyone but the very woman who has shot and wounded Victor in a shootout.
Eventually, she does make herself known by knocking out Father Peter and
catching Victor by surprise, and before he knows it, she has handcuffed
him. It turns out she's a policewoman, and she has the credentials to
prove it. And according to her Victor is a policeman gone rogue and risen
to the level of a crime kingpin, and she has come to arrest him. Now truth
to be told, Victor's entry into the church hasn't exactly made him look
like a law-abiding citizen, but there are several weak points in Willow's
story, like why has she come without backup to arrest this alleged crime
kingpin, why is she threatening a priest with her gun, and why does it
seem she's more interested in killing Victor than arresting him. So
eventually, Father Peter has make a decision as to where he stands between
the two of them ... Almost entirely confined to the church and
the adjoining office, and to its three lead actors, Confession is
really a film that makes the most out of its limitations, as it manages to
tell a tense story from beginning to end, with many unexpected twists and
turns, and one that's really carried by its leads, who all give very
strong performances, of course also supported by a very fluid direction
that gets the most out of the limited sets and keeps things visually
interesting throughout. And all of this results in pretty cool genre
entertainment.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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Robots and rats,
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