Brick
A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.
It is what it is... a film noir detective story set in modern-day high school. At first you'll be very impressed of how it flows similarly like detective films such as Maltese Falcon and Chinatown from the cinematography and soundtrack to the behavior/personalities of each character. You wouldn't see a teenage dorky loner, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt as being as suave and cool as in the league of Humphrey Bogart. Though halfway through, the concept can be tiresome and the plot can already be followed easily without being too relied on the nonsensical heavy-influenced dialogue if you know detective films. The pacing is the film's strength and weakness as it is a homage to the film-noir films and can drag the audience along. This is truly only for hardcore film-lover. Casual audience may not get into this easily.
3 and a half out of 5 stars
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