of clues as to who said killer is.
Characters are introduced, like
JK Simmons’ sleazy politician
and Val Kilmer’s alcoholic ex-de-
tective, only to simply disappear
from the narrative, their seem-
ingly important sub-plots left
unresolved.
Kilmer, it has to be said, is a
far more convincing drunk than
Fassbender, but I suspect he may
have plunged a little too deep
into his role. His performance is
truly bizarre, and I have no idea
what we’re supposed to make of
his character’s inclusion. Similarly,
I’m still wondering why the film
made such a big deal over a pre-
scription of sleeping pills without
ever resolving that element.
Perhaps such lack of resolution
can be put down to this being
an adaptation of the seventh in-
stalment in a literary series that
currently totals 11 books. Watch-
ing The Snowman often feels
like jumping into the fourth sea-
son of a TV show without hav-
ing seen the previous three, and
the relationship between Harry
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