You Were Never Really Here

Lynne Ramsay’s (We Need to Talk About Kevin) fourth film is a nightmarish vision of a killer’s quest for redemption. Joe (Joaquin Phoenix), is a traumatised Gulf War veteran and now an unflinching hired gun who live s with his frail elderly mother, has just finished yet another successful job. With an infernal reputation of being a brutal man of results, the specialised in recovering missing teens enforcer will embark on a blood-drenched rescue mission, when Nina, the innocent 13-year-old daughter of an ambitious New York senator, never returns home. But amidst half-baked leads and a desperate desire to shake off his shoulders the heavy burden of a personal hell, Joe\’s frenzied plummet into the depths of Tartarus is inevitable, and every step Joe takes to flee the pain, brings him closer to the horrors of insanity.