We saw Adrian Brody coming from a long way away, ever since King of the Hill. It’s not just his charm (his ads for Ermenegildo Zegna make us weak in the knees); his talent leads him to play characters who are subject to a heartbreaking array of misfortunes, humiliations, and trials. Here he plays Jack Starks, a Gulf War vet who’s accused of murdering a police officer and sent to a mental institution. And then things get terrifying: his doctor is Kris Kristofferson. Horrors! The creepy doctor’s treatment plan involves stowing Starks in a body drawer in the morgue, where he descends into a madness broken only by the certainty that he will die in four days. The very idea gives us an anxiety attack–but you know we’ll be at the theater on opening day.
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