Restraint (2008)

Wuchak

7.0

Feb 12, 2026

**_Australia’s “Bonnie & Clyde” hole up in a rural estate_** Shot in mid-late 2005, this is a crime drama/thriller in the tradition of Polanski’s “Cul-de-sac,” both of which involve a home invasion of an artist’s abode. This one’s all-around more compelling with the main thug (Travis Fimmel) coming across as Chris Pine mixed with the psycho-ness of Brad Pitt’s character in “Kalifornia.” Meanwhile the troubled man of the manor is played by True Blood’s Stephen Moyer, who smacks of Roddy McDowall in the late ’60s or early ’70s, just more masculine and serious. On the feminine front, Teres…