If there was one movie in 2018 that stood out from the rest with all the superhero movies, it has to be Unsane. Let me just say that Unsane was insane.
The film is about Sawyer Valentini (played by Claire Foy), who's had a troubled history of moving away from her stalker and decides to get help and talk with a counselor. But after her appointment, she unknowingly signed papers for her to be committed to 24 24-hour stay at Highland Creek Behavioral Center. She tries to get out, even calling the cops and her mother, but they can't do anything.
She develops a friendship with Nate Hoffman (played by Jay Pharoah), a patient at Highland; that doesn't start too well but ends up maybe being more than just friends. But when Sawyer sees her stalker, David Strine (played by Joshua Leonard), posing as one of the orderlies, she has an outburst, repeating whether she's insane.
But she plays to David's game after he killed Nate and even Sawyer's mother. Sawyer breaks David down to the point where he follows her orders because he cares for her so much that he would do anything for her to rape a patient in front of her. But as he performs, Sawyer attacks escapeescapets caught again by David and drives her to his place through the woods. But she escapes again, and he goes after her again, but as she gets caught again, she stabs David in the neck and kills him.
After Sawyer is back at work, he seems to be okay, but when she thinks, she spots David again a few feet away from where Sawyer is eating. She soon walks up there with a knife until she sees it isn't him. She runs out and drives off.
"Unsane" is a fantastic work that asks if the lead character is insane or not. It starts slowly and builds up to an intense and dramatic high. Claire Foy gives another fantastic performance as Sawyer, and her chemistry with Pharoah is excellent. It feels like a documentary, and one of the astonishing facts about this movie is that it was shot from an iPhone 7. It has the Cookoo's Nest feel to it. Steven Soderbergh, who directed the film, gives another masterpiece once again. If you haven't seen "Unsane," find the time to see it.
Overall, I give it a 9/10.
You can find "Unsane" on Blu-ray, DVD, and digital.
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