Brick Review

Release Date: 12 May 2006

Age Certificate: 15

Running Time: 110 mins

Director: Rian Johnson

Writers: Rian Johnson

Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lukas Haas and Emilie de Ravin

Brick in my opinion is one of the most under rated films...EVER! Brick stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, before he was becoming well known and this film betrays the true talent he possesses. And this is one heck of a film to get yourself noticed, I am talking about the director Rian Johnson, he wrote and directed this film. The film is about when Joseph gets in touch with his old girlfriend and finds out she is in bit of a pickle. She then turns out dead, so he takes it amongst himself to investigate what happened. Also, he tries to found out what she did in her past life. It is a noire mystery film set in high school. This can sometimes be an issue because the viewer starts to think how come they have so much time on their hands and can you really believe that they are out there being detectives and nearly getting killed. I thought this until it started to make fun of it, this was when one of the characters mums were offering him apple juice while they were in a really intense scene. I loved this dimension to the film.

This film has a very complicated plot and if you pay attention closely you will be able to follow the story. I love this film, it is hardcore Noir, which I love. Joseph is amazing in Brick, I believed he was worthy of an Oscar, I think he deserves it for this film and 50/50 (which I have also reviewed). If you have not seen this masterpiece I insist you go on Amazon and buy this film. 

8.0/10

Brick trailer here: