Salvation wastes no time before forcing its audience into a hostage-esque scenario. With very little context regarding these characters and their surrounding environments, first-time writer/director Tom Nicoll confidently powers towards the meat and potatoes with his narrative; he clearly trusts the audience enough, as he relies on them to pick up on subtle clues towards true character intentions. Whether it be from an aesthetic or narrative-essential avenue, Nicoll almost instantaneously emulates (with outrageous success) the New York sensibilities and New Hollywood strengths of directors like Benny Safdie, Eugene Kotlyarenko, and films associated with MUBI’s typical output. It seamlessly blends into the contemporary media landscape and feels affirmative of a refined voice.      These situations, which build and cook until they damn-near explode, are consistently captured in claustrophobic and endlessly anxious close-ups. As a co...