Detained (2024): Don't think about it, just pass the popcorn

Detained, 2024, directed by Felipe Mucci, streamed on Paramount+, 2.5 stars.

Detained is a micro-budget, twisty-turny, direct-to-streaming crime thriller that's perfect for when you really want to turn off your brain for an evening.

Australian actress Abby Cornish, who gets a producer credit, plays a woman detained for questioning about a hit-and-run homicide that she doesn't remember. That's about as much as I'll say about the premise. You don't get much time to get your bearings before this single-set, dialog-driven mystery starts with the sharp turns.

There isn't a lot of linear logic or well-plotted storytelling happening here. A lot of the small reveals are predictable. But we get enough tension and good acting performances and bursts of violence to keep this ball rolling through a quick 98 minutes.

I'll probably forget most everything about this movie within a week. But it was a fine way to pass the time.