In the Fade

What director Akin does with the revenge angle is striking and heartbreaking and everything hinges on Kruger’s fearless performance, which oscillates between total breakdown and a coldly determined resolve.

Tattooed and smoking cigarettes for Germany [Kruger] gives the film a real and raw potency, by turns bruised and vulnerable, then angry and resolute.

Diane Kruger is riveting in a blood-boiling revenge thriller...

ocusing closely on Kruger’s subtly changing features, Akin (...) makes the most of Kruger’s ability to convey fierce inner torment; steeliness mixed with vulnerability.

...et raffineret studie i tilværelsens skrøbelighed og en påmindelse om, at retfærdigheden ikke altid sker fyldest.

...en tur i en velorkestreret vridemaskine, der efterlader én temmelig deprimeret og kun en lille smule manipuleret.