movie poster for EUREKA

Flicks ID

4726

Cert

15

Running time

210 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

EUREKA (2007)

NICOLAS ROEG

Plot

Typically Roegian examination of the price we pay to get what we want; Hackman plays a prospector who strikes it rich in the 20s and then hangs around in his Bahamas pad wondering what the rest of his life can hold. It turns out that this is his bored, alcoholic wife, his headstrong daughter, her money grubbing hubby and a bunch of gangsters who want his island. Slightly smoother than the usual nervy Roeg style, but bold, stylish and gratifyingly enigmatic. Cosmic.