The Man Without a Face Reviews

In 2016, 10 years after ‘Apocalypto’, Mel Gibson will finally come back with a new directing effort. Nowadays, Gibson is no longer the A list star he used to be and he has even a rather lousy reputation. Anyway, even though his work as a director was never really prolific (he has made only 4 movies in 20 years), I think it has been quite intriguing so far. The funny thing is that between his huge box-office successes (‘Braveheart’ and ‘The Passion of the Christ’) and his other movies (‘The Man Without a Face’ and ‘Apocalypto’), I definitely prefer his ‘flops’, especially ‘Apocalypto’ which is by far his best directing effort in my opinion. Coming back to our main feature, it is definitely the least ambitious movie directed by Gibson so far but, since it was his directing debut, I think it was a smart move to start with something small. On top of that , at the end of the day, it is a rather straightforward and predictable drama but I thought it did work and I liked the damned thing. To conclude, even though it was nothing really amazing, I thought it was a decent watch and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Mel Gibson’s work.