Duress (2009)

Directed by

Jordan Barker

Genre

thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 20m

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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How it feels

A man's life spirals into chaos after a chance encounter with a stranger. The film follows his psychological unraveling as he is drawn into a web of manipulation and violence.

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What happens

Duress is an American psychological thriller film. The film was initially screened at various film festivals in the United States, Poland and Russia and received favorable reviews. Mark Savlov of the Austin Chronicle wrote about Duress after seeing it at Fantastic Fest in Austin: "With a mind-blowing denouement that makes the last five minutes of The Sixth Sense feel like the last five minutes of Stranger Than Paradise and a pair of harrowing, human (and inhumanly calibrated) performances from Martin Donovan and Rouvas, Duress comes across like a slap to the psyche, a splash of ice-water across the soul." The film was released theatrically in Greece by Greek distributor Hollywood Entertainment. The movie was written by Jim Kehoe and directed by Jordan Barker and was filmed in Los Angeles, California. The film was the first American production by popular Greek singer-songwriter and actor Sakis Rouvas, who had the primary antagonist role in the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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