'Twilight' Star Kristen Stewart Triumphant In Peter Sattler's Drama 'Camp X-Ray'- Review Roundup

Kristen Stewart needn't be worried of being typecast following her role as 'Bella' in the teen vampire romance film-franchise 'Twilight'. The 23 year-old has a full transformation, like her fans have never seen her before, as she stars in the gripping drama 'Camp X-Ray'.

Peter Sattler wrote and directed the film, which also stars Peyman Moaadi, John Carroll Lynch, Lane Garrison and Joseph Julian Soria, and it is set on the temporary detention facility Camp X-Ray on Guantanamo Bay.

Stewart plays rookie US guard 'Amy Cole' who is from a small American town and joined the military to discover something much more significant than what she already knows. But Cole son finds herself in a psychological conflict as she befriends a male prisoner 'Al'i (Peyman Moaadi), who has been detained there for eight years.

The film follows their growing bond and, between the constant taunts, insults and humiliation from other prisoners, Stewart's character begins to become affectionate towards Ali.

To see what the critics have to say, turn to the next page

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'Camp X-Ray' debuted earlier this week at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, and critics have generally positively received the film, with IMDb giving it a score of 8.1.

"Sattler does an impressive job of stitching unpleasant facts about Guantanamo into the narrative - from those tricky Convention semantics to Cole's discovery that the cell lights are never turned off at night," said Amber Wilkinson of the Daily Telegraph.

Rob Nelson of Variety adds, "In a turn that will surprise and impress those who know her only from the "Twilight" films, Stewart is riveting, especially in the final scenes, where Sattler reverses the camera's perspective so that Cole is the one viewed through the window, appearing as a sort of prisoner herself."

Film.com's Will Gross also praises Kristen's portrayal of a Guantanamo Bay officer, he wrote, "'Camp X-Ray' may offer frustratingly little insight into the hazy world of wartime morality, but if nothing else, it suggests that Stewart may escape her own 'Twilight'-shaped prison yet."

However, as always, there were some critics who just couldn't be pleased and Xan Brooks from The Guardian was one of them. He thought the plot of the film was, "So crude and overstretched, it's a wonder [Stewart] didn't attempt to tunnel out before the credits rolled."

'Camp X-Ray' debuted at the Sundance Film Festival on January 17th 2014.