Side Effects: Blu Ray Review

Side Effects: Blu Ray Review

Rating: M
Released by Roadshow Home Entertainment

Steven Soderbergh brings you an unnerving thriller in this latest release.

It's the story of Emily Taylor (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo's Rooney Mara) who apparently had it all - including a loving husband (Channing Tatum) who was sent to jail for insider trading. After 4 years alone, Emily's become depressed and is seeking the help of a psychiatrist, played by Jude Law. When he prescribes her some drugs, she suffers from some horrific side effects including murder...

Side Effects is a taut thriller, which while a little slow initially to unwind, has a way of ensnaring you in its web. Thanks to a powerful performance from Mara and a story which is a little twisty and needs some attention paying to it, its all too plausible premise plays out with horrific consequences and recalls some of Hitchcock's noirish intentions as it unspools.

Interesting ideas mix with some very realistic situations and soon you're no closer to knowing what's what and who's who until the final reveals are made.

Overall, Side Effects is a terrifically effective thriller and a film which will leave you agog in parts - mainly due to the fact that it appears it really could transpire.

Extras: None

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