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Sydney Lumet brings this enclosed murder story to the screen with a small cast (featuring PS Hoffman Albert Finney and Ethan Hawke in the main roles)about a robbery that goes horribly wrong and the effects as the ripples spread inwards.
You will have to see it to realise...
The story is told as a series of different character's viewpoints over the weeks of the events. I enjoyed tat as different aspects of events were more or less emphasised by this technique.
The acting is good throughout, but somehow the film seems to lack something in an ultimate sense.
Not that I am saying don't see it as it zips through the 2 hours, but that if the film was twice as long, an at first short story might have been fully uncovered.
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I liked this dark gem. It explored the lowest most base instincts of human nature and I thought the ending was the only outcome that could have worked.
It was disconcerting in that it presented no real 'good guys', just desperate fuckups in desperate situations, creating more desperation with every move.
I thought it quite remarkable, actually. No nice ending to sooth the rough edges....just consequences, deep and shitty. Same thing that I liked about NCFOM. :)
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of the two sons, played by Hawke and Hoffman, is so disgusting that watching this movie wasn't a very enjoyable experience for me or my wife.
But don't let me stop you from seeing it, if this is your cup of tea.
at the creepy criminal lifestyle and how they cope with issues as they come up. A powerful film that was much overlooked IMO. Philip Seymore Hoffman and Ethan Hawke were terrific.
... The criminal attitudes of one brother and his friends or the corporate mindset of the other brother.
The coldest is certainly the corporate.
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