You were never really here review

You were never really here - Directed by Lynne Ramsay

I don't usually like thrillers or movies with a lot of blood, but this movie was one hell of an emotional ride. Depicting mental illness and the beauty of the hope in this ugly world is a hard thing to do, but this movie does it so well that the blood and gore was actually a good addition to make the story meaningful.
I usually don't like fancy cinematography as well. Slow camera shots and loud sensory sounds can get quite repetitive and annoying for a lot of movies, but this one fit all these so well, that you were never really too bored waiting for the story to progress.
The story is simple yet complicated due to all the characters in play. We have Joe, this ex-military who is suffering from his own traumatic past. We have a mysterious young girl Nina, a daughter of a senator, who is frail and weak, yet shown as strong willed and minded through her actions throughout the movie. We have a caring mother, who have protected and loved her son, but is now growing weak, mentally and physically, due to her age. We have somewhat humanised enemies. People who are just hired or people with specific desires. One aspect that made this movie so attractive to me is that most of these people were neither dislikable, nor likable. They were just human. The main protagonist was a jerk towards his drug dealer or anyone he had any suspicions towards, and he was cold and calculative when he was at work. He left behind another girl that could've been saved, because it wasn't a part of his job. The girl was emotionless and looked defeat for most of the movie, completely lost after the traumatic experience she went through. Mother was so old and fragile that she was depicted as pitiful and sad. Even one of the senators goon was shown as some guy that was just doing his job, who died a pitiful end, but showed his human side.
Ending was superb as well. Joe, isn't this strong super human. He is in fact, saved by Nina. It's up to interpretation, but it seems like that Joe would've committed suicide if he did not save Nina. Nina, is also shown as a strong individual all along. She was able to overcome her own problems. It's no doubt that she will live drenched in trauma, but her next step in life is all up to the viewers imaginations and for now, she wants to move on from her dark past.

Overall, I'd give this movie a 9/10. The 1 mark off is just the really annoying sound level difference between the loud action scenes and gun shots and the conversation. I hate when movies do that. I want to hear what they're saying, so I put up the sound AND BAM!!!! When action scene comes in the sound DOUBLES. I don't like blasting my ear drums.