Five Fingers for Marseilles

Michael Matthews' debut constructs its narrative from the tension between slow, almost meditative shots of the scorched landscape and sudden eruptions of brutally physical violence. His camera observes without judgment, creating the feel of a documentary chronicle within the genre framework of a western.

Those who tire of clear-cut heroes will find a protagonist whose quest for peace is as dusty and compromised as the land he walks. What lingers after the credits is the weight of silence in a place where justice is a foreign language. — MovieFinder Editorial