Immediately after watching this movie, I tended to give it a low rating, since I agreed with mostly all reviewers who gave a 3 rating. mostly because it was boring, had plot holes and implausibilities, the incompetence of the police and because of the keller character and his violence just "because he knows".

but then, it dawned on me.

although the father was obviously supposed to be the good guy because (as seen by many of the 8 to 10 raters) "he does what he has to do" to get his daughter back, he finally gets what he deserves for what he does to the alex guy.

the first minutes into the film, I was pleased that all the characters got on with their business in a calm, unagitated way - as opposed to so many detective stories where there's so much exaggerated language, overacting and discord between the main characters.

but, oh boy, villeneuve overdid it in this regard - it added so much more boredom.