domino

this film follows the life of domino, a bounty hunter from england who finds bad guys in l.a.  this film, as hard to as it is to believe, is based on a true story.  the film starts as domino first decides to go into bounty hunting, falls in with the wrong guys (which i guess in her line of work is the right guys, huh?), and gets tangled up in a case that eventually involves the mob and the CIA.  the thing about this movie, though, isnt so much the story but rather the style.  its directed by tony scott, he has made many strangely stylized films and this one rockets to the top of the list!  filmed in a super saturated visual style, heavy on quick cut editing and distorted images and vocals, the style is front and center while the story sits in the passenger seat.  keira knightley does a good job as the lead, she isnt very believable as a bounty hunter, but thats one of the plot points, so it turns out to be exactly what the character is supposed to be like.  then it becomes good acting, i guess?  the chaos of the story line, as the characters are on drugs, on the run, and never sure what will happen next, is very visceral for us as audience members.  it is certainly a strange one, but the visuals alone keep this one from failing.