NEAL DODSON

A MOST VIOLENT YEAR (2015)
Starring Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain and David Oyelowo. Directed by J.c. Chandor.

A crime drama set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centred on a the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalise on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.

REVIEWS A Most Violent Year - No more American Dream

ALL IS LOST (2014)
Starring Robert Redford. Directed by J.c. Chandor.

Deep into a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, an unnamed man wakes to find his 39-foot yacht taking on water after a collision with a shipping container left floating on the high seas. With his navigation equipment and radio disabled, the man sails unknowingly into the path of a violent storm. Despite his success in patching the breached hull, his mariner’s intuition and a strength that belies his age, the man barely survives the tempest.

Using only a sextant and nautical maps to chart his progress, he is forced to rely on ocean currents to carry him into a shipping lane in hopes of hailing a passing vessel. But with the sun unrelenting, sharks circling and his meager supplies dwindling, the ever-resourceful sailor soon finds himself staring his mortality in the face.

REVIEWS All Is Lost - There is no story - there is only survival