The Next Three Days (2010)

It is a drama film directed by Paul Haggis, starring Russel Crowe and Elisabeth Banks and  is a remake of 2008 French film "Pour elle". I enjoyed it much and lived through all dangers and concerns of main character. It made me to think how easily an innocent person can be jailed for a crime.

Lara and John Brennan are happily married couple with son, Luke. After a row with Lara at work, her boss is found dead in the parking lot. Lara’s fingerprints point to her. Police arrests her in their house. She is convicted and jailed for murder. After failing with appeal, John Brennan, professor at a college is possessed with the idea of breaking her out of jail.

John pays to a former convict Damon (Liam Neeson), who escaped from jail numerous times for consultation over jail-break. Damon advises him to get big amount of cash, new passports, new social security numbers and run to an unpopular for Americans destination country.

John works on several ideas and fails number of times. The film would not be convincing without failures. When one of the scenes proposes that he is to obtain new passports soon, it seems unnaturally easy. But next minute John is attacked and beaten. It makes the story real.

Throughout the film, Brennan is shown writing and drawing his plan, sticking pictures and notes on the wall of his house. He tears them down and places in garbage bags before leaving house to realize his plan, leaves one bag outside of his house and the rest in neighbourhood. This material misleads police regarding their destination.  At the end of the film, Brennans are safe in Venezuela and it is shown that actually another woman killed Lara’s boss.

The film is interesting and exciting. It is a nice evening watch in the company of family.

Reviewer's rating: 7.0 out of 10