Final section, in Europe, however, seems to jump the rails, dissipating the drama built up by a horrific sea journey from Istanbul locked inside a container.
Briand's strong marshaling of the pic's elements--from David Franco's handsome widescreen visuals to Simon Cloquet's atmospheric score--manages to suspend the viewer's belief for long enough stretches; Only in the last reel does the movie jump the rails, with an unnecessarily literal ending that could be jettisoned.