when i saw that Nicole Kidman was doing this i was like this is going to be good but to me it was so bad that i had to stop the movie about midway cause it was that bothering to me. Plus it was very confusing and really slow

Well a good performance from Nicole Kidman and she played her role so good that I didn’t recognise her. Good film/script

The story is okay - nothing particularly original - but what lifts this film is the powerhouse performance from Kidman and the fine creative talent behind the camera.

They really tried to sell us that Nicole Kidman and Sebastan Stan, despite their age-defying Hollywood looks, could seamlessly blend into a group of teenagers/early twentysomethings and none of the kids would ask who these adult-ass-lookin' people were

It's not quite Steve Buscemi _how do you do fellow kids_ in 30 Rock but it's not far off

Sadly, everything other than Kidman's performance in this movie is mediocre... But my god what a performance!

Where is Nicole Kidman?! That woman has a total different face, did they do this on purpose or she had a terrible plastic surgery?

An average crime drama. I loved the twist at the end.

Impressive movie. I liked it a lot. Nicole Kidman delivers a brilliant performance in a very dark and heavy tale of loss and revenge. Also the cinematography and the music were top-notch. Overall a very good movie but not a light watch.

well watched it through to the end...just about ... would I recommend you do this?. No

Words would not to justice to convey how terrible this movie is but do yourself a favor and DO NOT watch it!

Good performance from Nicole Kidman but that's the highlight. Everything else is ok. The story is fine if not a little predictable. All the kid stuff could have been cut. I wanted more time undercover.

I wanted to see what all the hype around Kidman's was about...and I'm not sure if I watched the same film as everyone else. There was not a single piece of scenery she didn't chew on. It was so labored and over-dramatic that it sometimes took me out of the film. The rest of this (quite illustrious) cast was fine, but no one was given more than a glorified cameo role. And the ridiculous wig they had Toby Kebbell...just...why? The storyline was fine, if a bit too straightforward (outside of the final revelation). I just wish this would have lived up to all the critical praise for it, but this really felt more like a straight to Netflix film instead of a prestige drama.

Came here to see if this is any good. I wanted to see it because Slingshot (Natalia Córdova) is in it. Unfortunately, I saw it's a Botox Kidman movie and Natalia Córdova is not in the list of top billed cast.

Do I waste 2 hours on this, or spend it watching something else, that is the question.:thinking:

A superb central performance and an impressive aesthetic design elevate a quotidian plot

Destroyer is an unashamedly pulpy genre piece, confrontationally ugly and unapologetically nihilistic. It's the kind of film one might imagine were we to follow Det. Mills (Brad Pitt) after he opened the box at the end of David Fincher's Se7en (1995), with crippling emotional trauma the protagonist's most salient characteristic. Of course, a damaged cop determined to settle one last score isn't exactly an original concept, and Destroyer never strays too far from the generic tropes. However, what it does bring to the table is that the archetypal "he" of such narratives is here a "she", with Kusama relying heavily on Nicole Kidman's startling warts-and-all performance to do most of the heavy lifting. Although the film does seem to be under the impression that it offers some portentous revelation about the nature of revenge and psychological torment, approaching every scene with an air of self-seriousness that can become grating, there are undeniably individual moments of great brilliance. And then there's that lead performance.

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