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Joaquin Phoenix
Ekaterina Samsonov
Alessandro Nivola
Alex Manette
John Doman
Judith Roberts

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A missing teen girl spurs a tormented and brutal enforcer on a path of violence against corruption and power leading to a personal transformation. -- Chris Kavan

08/08/2018 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

A film that really gets under your skin.

McCleary said you were brutal.
I can be.
I want you to hurt them.

It’s not just the fact that defenseless young children are victims of unscrupulous people who use them in networks for pedophiles. The most disgusting aspect of this is that these circuits are visited by people who occupy important positions in daily life. Individuals who show a respectable and neat appearance to the outside world. But once they show up in this nauseating business, their fortune is their entrance ticket so they can abuse these innocent children. Joe (Joaquin Phoenix) is someone who wants to set things straight. Armed with a heavy hammer, he beats those perverts from their victims. But “You were never really here” is not just about the existence of children’s networks. The film also tries to paint a pic...

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3.5/4 

07/03/2018 (1 of 1 found this helpful)

No Sympathy for This Vengeance

Joaquin Phoenix never takes the easy road, whether it is portraying a country music legend, a man falling in love with his AI or a mockumentary about... himself? Whatever the case, Phoenix chooses the role less traveled - and is always up for a challenge - and You Were Never Really Here, if not the pinnacle of his career, is certainly up there with the better characters he has decided to portray.

Many have pointed out that the film shares a lot in common with Taxi Driver, and that is true. Phoenix plays Joe, who has a very troubled and violent past - from childhood through war to the FBI, he has seen and experienced things that both haunt and drive him. Joe is a gun for hire, seemingly often to track down missing children for a fee - and deal great violence (often with a ballpeen hamme...

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3/4