Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
Anna is living with "face-blindness" after surviving a serial killer's attack. As she lives with her condition, one in which facial features change each time she loses sight of them, the killer closes in.
Faces in the Crowd has a genuinely intriguing premise — prosopagnosia as a thriller device is creative and distinctive — but the execution is uneven. The plot makes good use of the concept early on but becomes formulaic as it settles into standard serial-killer territory. Milla Jovovich's performance is earnest but the supporting cast is largely unremarkable. The cinematography does competent work visualizing the face-blindness gimmick but rarely elevates beyond functional. The ending resolves too neatly and without much tension, undercutting what could have been a more unsettling finale. The novelty of the central concept earns it a modest boost, but the film doesn't fully capitalize on its own premise.