
After his wife is murdered in a parking garage, mall security agent Harry obsessively studies security camera footage in order to find out who has killed her and why. After the discovery of a meaningful clue, his investigation soon takes a dark turn.... (Full plot summary below)
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After his wife is murdered in a parking garage, mall security agent Harry obsessively studies security camera footage in order to find out who has killed her and why. After the discovery of a meaningful clue, his investigation soon takes a dark turn.
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| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThis thriller is ingeniously woven with motifs suggesting the difficulty of seeing and understanding truth, and substitutes psychological chills for commonplace gore. |
| FilmStew.comLarry CarrollImagine an hour of birds flying backwards and rooms with red curtains, and there's the rest of your movie. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonAs the film builds, director Refn skillfully allows Harry to get both closer and farther away form his goal, like an optical illusion. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasBarely credible, but in the hands of the film's dedicated minimalists, "barely" is enough, and they turn the precious little they have to work with into a plus. |
| GuardianDerek MalcolmThis is a film sure of its pace and style, a study of loss, obsession and guilt that's light years ahead of your ordinary thriller. |
| Lessons of DarknessNick SchagerThe director captures a sense of hazy, harrowing obsession that's amplified by his immaculate camera set-ups and pans. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn Johanson[A] thoroughly riveting slow-burn of a psychological thriller... |
| VarietyScott FoundasTurturro keeps Fear X fascinating, practically in spite of itself. |
| Shadows on the WallRich ClineRefn seems overly pleased with his own cleverness, laying on the hypnotic austerity a bit thickly. |
| New York TimesStephen HoldenGrimly austere barely begins to describe the atmosphere of dread that seeps through Fear X like a toxic mist. |