Initially, it seems a drifter (Tomer Sisley) just had a motorbike accident in the wrong place at the wrong time, as right next to the accident site, a bunch of Columbians wanted to make a big drug deal - and when he popped up as involuntary witness, they were about to kill him. But got killed themselves. Then the drifter makes it to a farmhouse nearby and takes the family of three hostage, forcing them to treat his wounds, feed him, and warning them against reporting him to the authorities, as apparently he's a terrorist on the run. Yet he treats the family alright, and especially sees to it that the daughter of the house (Victoire De Block) is not traumatized. That said, that family doesn't give much of a fuck about authorities either, since the man of the house, Omar (Cédric Ido), is black and has been subject to numerous racist attacks (including the killing of his lifestock), and the police has done exactly nothing. There's a problem though, one of the killed Columbians was a powerful crime kingpin's son, and that man now sends in his fiercest hitman, Tod (Terence Yin), to clean up. And cleaning up for Tod means to leave many dead people - regardless if they were involved or not, and includine policemen - in his wake, and he soon closes in on said farmhouse, as does the police, pretty much following Tod's trail of murder. And then there are the local racists who think Omar is somehow responsible for all the deaths, and now they want to lynch him ...

Thousand Cuts is a pretty powerful thriller that really pushes when it comes to violence and leaves little to imagination. And mostly, the film is well-paced enough to keep the audience on the edge of their seats most of the time, and even when the action has taken a break. Plus, there are some really impressive performances in this one. That said, the film falls short of being a masterpiece: Basically the plot is too complex in the beginning to culminate in too simplistic a climax, some plot details are just too far-fetched or too blunt, and while well-told and everything, the whole thing isn't really wholly original. It's still a very good watch, just not without its shortcomings.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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