{"id":5779,"date":"2015-09-02T23:53:33","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T22:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/?p=5779"},"modified":"2015-09-29T07:34:39","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T06:34:39","slug":"the-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2015\/09\/02\/the-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The<\/a>
The Treatment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\nFormat:<\/B> DVD + Blu-ray

\nRelease date:<\/B> 14 September 2015

\nDistributor:<\/B> Saffron Hill

\nDirector:<\/B> Hans Herbots

\nWriter:<\/B> Carl Joos

\nBased on the novel by:<\/B> Mo Hayder

\nCast:<\/B> Geert van Rampbelberg, Ina Geerts, Johan van Assche

\nOriginal title:<\/B> Mo Hayder

\nBelgium 2014

\n131 mins\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Detective Nick Cafmeyer (Geert van Rampelberg) is a haunted man: when he was nine, his younger brother disappeared, never to be found again. Although convicted local paedophile Plettinckx was arrested on suspicion, his guilt was never proven.<\/p>\n

As though it weren\u2019t bad enough that upon release Plettinckx moved near Nick and spends his days harassing him with letters and tasteless pranks, a new case emerges that Nick can\u2019t ignore. There\u2019s a killer targeting families on the loose: taking the parents hostage, murdering them, kidnapping the children, sexually abusing them and ultimately killing them. Now Nick has to use all his skills, know-how and experience in figuring out what motivates this monstrous killer before there are any more victims, and perhaps lay his own ghosts to rest along the way.<\/p>\n

Hans Herbots\u2019s adaptation of Mo Hayder\u2019s novel might, at first glance, seem like a typical neo-noir<\/i> in the line of The Killing<\/i> and The Bridge<\/i>: with a haunted central figure, a notorious criminal and a general, pervading sense of darkness, the film has similarities with many of its Nordic predecessors.<\/p>\n

However it is the director\u2019s ability to elevate the material beyond its pulp novel origins that makes The Treatment<\/i> unique: supported by strong performances from a terrific cast across the board, the film\u2019s relentless confrontation of a very difficult subject turns it into a careful study of obsession and forgiveness, underlined by compelling social comment.<\/p>\n

Haunting, frightening and essential, this is the sort of film that only comes along once in a blue moon, shakes you to your core and stays with you for days to come: proving the power of the crime genre, it is a visually stunning masterpiece that is impossible to forget.<\/p>\n

Evrim Ersoy<\/B><\/I><\/p>\n

Watch the trailer:<\/b><\/p>\n