From NetFlix:

One man’s placid, circumspect life is thrown wildly off kilter when he becomes the target of another man’s obsession after witnessing a horrific hot-air balloon accident and attempting to rescue its passengers. This harrowing drama stars Daniel Craig, Samantha Morton, Rhys Ifans, Bill Nighy and Alexandra Aitken. Roger Michell directs from his own script, an adaptation of the novel by Ian McEwan.

Reading a novel by Ian McEwan is almost always harrowing, and the plot of this film is no exception. Basically the film is about one man’s stalking another for reasons that you eventually discover. Some of the stalking scenes are downright embarrassing, others violent and you cannot imagine where all of this will end. Sometimes the film seems slow, especially when a dinner party sits around and discusses the main theme: what is true love and can it endure ?

Currently Daniel Craig is pigeon-holed as “Bond, James Bond”. That is a pity because Daniel Craig can actually act. (Don’t miss him in “Defiance”.) Hats off to the Welsh actor Rhys Ifans for a stunning performance as the stalker. He has been in too many films to list. Samantha Morton was Mary Stuart in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”.

If you can stand the sadness, the stalking, the anger, the violence, and some failed relations, then be my guest.