Blink
Directed by Michael Apted, Blink follows blind violinist Emma Brody (Madeleine Stowe) as she receives an eye transplant and is subsequently drawn into a murder investigation involving a potential serial killer. It’s certainly an interesting premise that’s employed to mostly engaging effect by Apted, as the filmmaker, armed with a screenplay by Dana Stevens, delivers a deliberately-paced yet entertaining thriller that benefits substantially from its lead performances – with Stowe’s typically winning work here ultimately eclipsed by Aidan Quinn’s scene-stealing turn as a police officer/love interest. There’s little doubt, then, that Blink‘s less-than-stellar atmosphere is due almost entirely to a meandering midsection that’s only sporadically effective, and although the romance between Stowe and Quinn’s respective characters is more compelling than one might’ve anticipated, Apted places an ongoing emphasis on wheel-spinning sequences that prevent the movie’s thriller-specific elements from packing the visceral punch he’s undoubtedly intended. It’s nevertheless impossible to deny the impact and potency of the film’s palpably (and surprisingly) tense climax, which does, in the end, cement Blink‘s place as a somewhat hit-and-miss piece of work that admittedly does possess its fair share of positive attributes.
*** out of ****
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