In this film, a rookie policeman was assigned to outpost 118 in the same area where he was raised. During some time, the young man appeared, but he began to face the old secret brings back bad memories and old secrets. Perhaps the young man began to suffer from these secrets that begin to threaten his career and break up his family.
Montiel constantly over-directs and over-edits, underlining certain points that have already been made clear. It's gritty and moody, but with little dramatic effect.
Life is a struggle, the new film "The Son of No One" makes that explicitly clear. But so is moviemaking, and unfortunately the toil is all too evident in writer-director Dito Montiel's messy, logic-strained third feature.
Cinema Signals
February 16, 2012
A film disaster with more loose ends than granny's wig.
"The Son of No One" self-destructs in a ludicrous, ineptly directed anticlimactic rooftop showdown in which bodies pile up, and nothing makes a shred of sense.
Movies.com
November 11, 2011
The Son of No One makes me feel like a teacher whose student has very obviously plagiarized their final paper of the semester.
