The Guilty
2021
***
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Ethan Hawke, Riley Keough, Christina Vidal Mitchell, Eli Goree, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Paul Dano, Peter Sarsgaard
A tarnished LAPD officer Joe Baylor has been demoted to 911 call center duty. The day before Joe's about to face trial, he takes a call from a woman who says she was kidnapped. This remake of the 2018 Danish film Den skyldige is a minimalistic thriller which relies heavily on a tight script and Jake Gyllenhaal's solid but slightly overdramatic performance. This is a short and enjoyable but disposable film which reminded me of Phone Booth.
