Film Review – Detained

Co-writer/director Felipe Mucci is attempting to be surprising with “Detained,” which hopes to become a sneaky thriller loaded with suspicious characters and secret motivations. It’s a low-budget affair, rarely leaving a single setting, putting pressure on the screenplay (co-written by Jeremy Palmer) to bring viewers on a ride involving a woman’s night inside a police station, dealing with accusations of murder and the blurriness of her reality. “Detained” struggles a bit with turns of plot, but Mucci has a destination in mind with the material, working to give the production some teeth as it gradually grows comfortable with ruthlessness to inspire reactions from the player in this dangerous game. It’s not a sharp puzzler, but when it comes to moments of shock and intimidation, the effort offers a little more danger than most B-movies. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com