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This is, with no doubt, one of the best movies I've seen in a long time, and seals my opinion that Tom Hardy is one of our greatest actors. This gem also stars James Gandolfini in what might have been his last performance. Noomi Rapace, the tattoo girl, also plays a big role.
The story revolves around a couple of owners of a working class bar who do minor services for organized crime and get wrapped around their own interpersonal axles. Strange twists and events with maybe an end that was too probable -- but good.
Hardy can brood with an unmatched intensity, and he holds it throughout the entire flick. He's almost too much to bear at times. And Gandolphini's last several films have been master performances.
Don't miss this one. Seek it out. Released in 2014.
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I for one did not see Bob, coming...Damn Mr. Hardy turns in another exceptional performance...played the perfect mook, completely embodied it...I loved the way he shuffled, spoke, perceivingly dim witted...never tipped his cards until he went Popeye..."I took all I could stands and I can't stands no more"
Noomi and James G put in really great performances...both believable and honest...
Now two of the minor performances that were just exceptional were Matthias Schoenaerts, Eric Deeds...psycho bully dog/woman beating ex boyfriend...who was trying so hard to hold it together, but the craziness and sociopath just under the first layer...made you hold your breath every time he was on screen...his size really loomed on the screen, always stood a little too close and spoke a little to soft...
John Ortiz has been a great character actor for years...but this wise, street smart, very Catholic detective had figured things out early, but let everything unfold, almost to satisfy his own morality...let the streets balance them self out...he had no problem trading evil for lesser evil...the last scene of him and Hardy was perfect...just to let him know...he knew...
This is one of those movies that had a great script...but it really was all about the casting...this was one exceptionally well cast movies...this could have easily been a turd if it was cast wrong...
Very solid 4.25 stars out of 5...
Thanks
Mark
I liked the end as well
I saw it a couple months back. Great movie. I liked the way it developed over time. Had me fooled.
-Steve
Loved it. Great story, great characters.
Loved the ending.
"A lie is half-way around the world before the truth can get its boots on."
-Mark Twain
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