The Manxman Reviews

Honestly, I wasn't sure what to expect from this flick but since I'm a huge fan of Alfred Hitchcock, I was really eager to check it out. Basically, it is one of his very old silent features (Apparently, it was Alfred Hitchcock's last silent film) and, honestly, I had a hard time to care about the whole thing. Indeed, the plot was just too thin for my taste. Pretty much like ‘The Ring’, another old feature directed by Hitchcock and also starring Carl Brisson, the whole thing is based on a love triangle, with 2 friends in love with the same woman. It also reminded me of ‘Pearl Harbor’ somehow. So, this rather obnoxious woman (whose behavior drastically changes throughout the movie) marries one of them, while she is in fact in love with the other guy and you have to wait until the very end so they can finally sort this out. So, it is a tale of loyalty and honor, something they really loved back in those days, but personally, I thought it was pretty tedious. I mean, Hitchcock was the master of the psychological thriller but he wasn’t really good in the psychological drama. Still, in spite of its flaws, it remains watchable and it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in Alfred Hitchcock’s work.