The Oath
The Oath
| 06 September 2016 (USA)
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When his daughter's criminal boyfriend becomes an increasing threat to the family, a father must take action to protect them.

Reviews
Incannerax What a waste of my time!!!
TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film
TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.
Asad Almond A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
Andres-Camara Pues es que viendo esta película, no sé cuántas veces he pensado si el director no había visto películas en su vida, ya que por donde iba, en todas las películas al final pasa exactamente lo que pasa en esta. La película, que intenta ser distinta de las películas de este género, pero acaba siendo igual a todas. La película es muy distante. Es lejana. Intenta mostrar personajes muy humanos, pero no llega a conseguir que te unas.Los actores no están mal. Pero tampoco están muy bien. La hija para mi es la que mejor esta.Tiene una fotografía que intenta mostrar una frialdad ya que es una historia triste y fría, pero no llega a ser así, si no que está apagada. No ayuda a contar.La dirección tampoco es buena. No consigue hacer una buena película. No llega a coger ritmo. No hace planos bonitos.No termina de llegar Well, seeing this movie, I do not know how many times I have thought if the director had not seen movies in his life, since where he went, in all the films at the end, exactly what happens in this one happens. The film, which tries to be different from the films of this genre, but ends up being the same. The movie is very distant. It is far. Try to show very human characters, but it does not get to get you to join.The actors are not bad. But they are not very well either. The daughter is the best for me.It has a photograph that tries to show a coldness since it is a sad and cold story, but it does not become that way, but it is off. It does not help to count.The address is not good either. He can not make a good movie. It does not get to pick up rhythm. It does not make beautiful plans.It does not finish arriving
adonis98-743-186503 Icelandic auteur Baltasar Kormákur (Contraband, 2 Guns, Everest) directs and stars in this psychological thriller about a father who tries to pull his daughter out of her world of drugs and petty crime, only to find that danger can be found in unexpected places. Eiðurinn lacks dramatic depth and good characters to care about also the film drags and it's a slow burn from start to finish, this film could have been great but it failed on so many levels. (0/10)
adventurer_ci Just like the other reviewer had already said, this film is uneven. The plot had potential to be gripping, but failed to achieve it. There are some holes to fill in. Some actions of the main character make sense, the others don't. You just don't start messing up with a drug dealer(s), without making sure your family is secure, especially after they had ransacked your house. What is it exactly he was planning to do with her daughter's boyfriend? I could not figure this out. Why did Óttar got into Finnur' car and allowed him to drive to who knows where? We know that Óttar was not stupid. Besides, Óttar is not the main player in the drug business. There were certainly others who ransacked his house and who would certainly go after Finnur to get their money back. That scene where Óttar talks about his troubled childhood has reminded me a scene in "Breaking bad", Episode 3, where Walt cannot decide whether or not to kill Krazy-8. What was the purpose of bringing into this movie Finnur' childhood? Besides, how would Anna know? They want us to believe that Finnar had told it to her? I could continue with plot holes, but see for yourself. The main 3 character's acting was not bad in my opinion. I am giving it 5 for it is a well-made film overall. Filmmakers should have watched BreakingBad a couple of times to get an idea how to deal with drug dealers.
unbekannternutzer This movie did some things right, but also failed at many occasions. I liked the setting, the camera work, some of the actors (the daughter showed some decent acting), and the composition of most of the scenes, i.e. the background, was well done.What I did not like was the main actor, who has a cinema-suited face, but that's all he has. Maybe he was told to not show any emotions, or he is just not able to. In either case he was really boring to watch, he did not seem emotionally involved in the scenes. You will also get some blatant product placement, which should have been done more subtle. If you need money for your film and you have to put in some product, at least do it in a way that's not so much in your face. The main actor, his wife, and the police chief were also poorly designed. They are full of cliché, and do not have those interesting traits that would make them a person which is somewhat believable. It seems that the main character was mostly designed in way that they could show off some "cool looking" scenery and camera work, his "hobbies" seemed to be chosen just for this reason. The wife of the main character seems only to be there to show a worried face and smoke. She did not say anything interesting or important.The story was OK, for a TV-Thriller, but the other flaws did not allow me to get into it. And some scenes were just completely unnecessary. Anyway, I am writing this because no one else has written a review, and the current score is misleading, if you ask me.