sddavis63 There's a lot about this movie to like. The story is compelling enough, and the acting by Christopher Plummer is superb. He plays Zev, a Holocaust survivor whose wife has just died. Zev is suffering from dementia and has trouble with short term memory - and can't even remember from day to day that his wife is no longer with him. As he sits shiva for his wife, Max - his friend from the nursing home (played by Martin Landau) - gives him a letter explaining to him that he has to search out the man responsible for their family's murders (because Max tells him they were both prisoners at Auschwitz.) The rest of the movie shows us Zev's journey all around North America trying to find the man. They know his name, they know that there are four possibilities. And Zev's mission is to take revenge.In many ways I found this a sad movie, watching Zev struggling with his failing memories and sent on this ridiculous cross-continent quest. Sadness was actually the emotion that permeated the whole thing for me. And there were parts of the story that didn't make a lot of sense. Many people take sympathy on Zev and seem to understand that he's confused - but no one bothers contacting the authorities to tell them that there's a confused and elderly man who looks like he needs help? And there was a single line in the movie that made me chuckle. At one point Zev's son, talking on the phone to someone, says that his dad's been missing for a week. A week? He's taken a train trip from New York to Cleveland. Then he has to travel to Canada, making a bus trip all the way to Hearst, Ontario - a long way north (about 1000 km north of Toronto). Then he travels by bus all the way from Hearst to Idaho, then to Reno, then to Lake Tahoe. But he's only been missing a week? That stretches the imagination.The ending (which I won't get into) comes as a shocker and the sheer unexpectedness of it makes the movie memorable. I certainly wasn't expecting it. And it's worth watching for Plummer's fantastic performance. But, to be perfectly honest, it's not a great movie - although I will confess that my wife thought more highly of it than I did. (5/10)

steve-wilcox-613-243643 This modest film is really worth your time. Very unusual in the way it shows very elderly people from their point of view as they struggle to remain empowered despite age and dementia in a world that's a bit too fast and noisy. But this isn't some life affirming parable, it's a dark and tense thriller with a brutal truth at its heart. Christopher Plummer is mesmerising as Zev the man on a very grim mission. Brilliant!

cheergal This movie reminded me the other one, "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas". Besides both stories were setting in Nazi area, there are not much in common. However, the originality and creativity of their unique storyline might put them into the same category. Nevertheless, I preferred this one better. "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" did not resonate with me in the same way as this one. The likelihood of this movie happened in real live might be possible. That intrigued me. The settings and scenarios are well though out. It is not much to be elaborated. But it would surprise audience with its ending. I am not so impressed by "The Boy in the Striped Pajama". The main reason is from the start you already could tell how it would end . The tragedies were well written every step away. I would not suggest parents to let young kids to watch it because of the cruel ending. It will terrify them. This one is better plotted to its ending. Although its ending might not be pleasant, it was logically unfolding.Watch it and you will not be disappointed.

Floyd Shoemaker I wasn't sure what to think of this movie when I started watching it. I had no idea what was coming. It is a fabulous movie from beginning to end. It is definitely a new twist on the subject of WWII, Nazis and the extermination of the Jews. Watch it now and don't talk to anyone who has seen it until you have!