The Spanish-British film 'Feedback' is a decent attempt to place a trendy topic within the framework of a classic genre.

The #MeToo movement has had a huge impact not only on public sentiment but also on art, particularly cinema. We have already seen films about workplace harassment (Bombshell), series about using high status for sexual gratification (The Morning Show), and other projects on similar themes. The film Feedback also addresses this topic, but instead of typical moralizing and edification, the authors choose much more radical methods of storytelling.

Live on Air

At the center of the story is popular radio host Jarvis Dolan (Eddie Marsan), known for his ability and desire to talk about acute social issues, discussing stars in the most candid conversations and presenting himself as a radical journalist.

Jarvis plans to start his next broadcast by revealing a new scandal, but instead of the usual evening work, he and his studio colleagues find themselves taken hostage by unknown masked people who have their own vision of the current broadcast.

A Classic Thriller in a Fresh Shell

It is difficult to surprise the viewer with something new in the genre of a hermetic thriller, where events take place in one closed location, but if you present the story in a way that currently excites the audience, you can achieve quite a good result. This is exactly what director Pedro Corredorira and his team tried to do.

The film Feedback raises questions about the impunity of powerful people, show business stars. Victims of sex crimes often avoid any consequences. But if they decide to achieve justice on their own, a sad and possibly even bloody outcome is inevitable.

Taking a clever and relevant background for the story, the creators of the film focused on the main aspect of the genre — tension. Thanks to the boundless talent of actor Marsan, this is achieved without much difficulty. The actor deftly manipulates the mood of the audience, sometimes making them empathize, sometimes arousing suspicion. Right up to the final credits, it is difficult to determine whether Jarvis is a victim in this situation or whether he is the culprit of what is happening.

Unfortunately, some genre conventions and outright stupidity of the characters could not be avoided; otherwise, Feedback would not just be a decent thriller, but a creation close to the benchmark works of its direction.

A number of the characters' actions make one think that the authors' imagination simply was not enough for 90 minutes of a gripping story. Sometimes they are designed simply to dilute the dialogues with action, and sometimes they serve as another stage of confusing the audience (it does not always look convincing). If the viewer is ready to write off what is happening as a cinematic convention, then this flaw may go unnoticed, but it is definitely impossible not to pay attention to it.

Is It Worth Watching the Film 'Feedback'?

The Spanish thriller with British actors (besides Marsan, you can spot Peaky Blinders star Paul Anderson) will please fans of tense and unpredictable films, but it is not recommended for overly impressionable individuals due to its painful subject matter and the presence of sometimes excessively brutal scenes.

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