"Nitram" is a chilling film about a mass shooting that took place in 1996 in Port Arthur, Tasmania. Director Justin Kurzel ("The Snowtown Murders") generates an absolute sense of dread in almost every scene of his potent, disturbing film.
The 26-year-old Nitram (Caleb Landry Jones "Heaven Knows What") – who hates his own nickname that every calls him – is restless and relentless, and he is difficult for his parents (Judy Davis and Anthony LaPaglia), whom he lives with, to control. He suffers from mental illness, but his actions are disturbing. A scene where his father stops his son from giving out fireworks to schoolchildren prompts Nitram to blare a car horn ceaselessly in defiance.
