L8Hatter
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and one his best. He plays the boss of a Liverpool rime family, whose own naivety brings his downfall. This is based on King Lear but it doesn´t really work for me here. We´re supposed to believe that this tough, streetwise gang boss would be stupid enough not to see the consequences of his actions (I don´t want to give the story away, but those familiar with King Lear will know what happens. This supposed sudden naivety goes totally aginst the grain of the character Harris portrays in the film up until his fateful decision.
It was an interesting idea but just doesn´t work for me and the second half of the film becomes increasingly silly as a consequence. I´ve also no idea why one of the main gangsters is a Sihk. Liverpool is unusual amongst British cities in having a very small asian population and I don´t think I´ve ever seen a Sihk there. Strange.
That said, it´s not a bad film. There´s some good camerawork, Harris is on good form and the supporting cast are mostly very good. 8/10 for the first half of the film, 5/10 for the second.
It was an interesting idea but just doesn´t work for me and the second half of the film becomes increasingly silly as a consequence. I´ve also no idea why one of the main gangsters is a Sihk. Liverpool is unusual amongst British cities in having a very small asian population and I don´t think I´ve ever seen a Sihk there. Strange.
That said, it´s not a bad film. There´s some good camerawork, Harris is on good form and the supporting cast are mostly very good. 8/10 for the first half of the film, 5/10 for the second.
as a narcotics cop. The streets are mean, people aren´t very nice, it´s likely to be very stressful for your family and your doomed never to see a sunny day. Sound familiar?? It´s just a feeling I got after about half an hour that I´d seen this type of movie/TV series a thousand times before. if your an addict of this genre that won´t matter as this is a not bad. But for everybody else we´re increasingly have to put up with daft/uninteresting plots and irritating camerwork and editing.
Hard-hitting cop films are really just becoming showcases for good actors to do their thing and here Ray Liotta is very good. Jason Patric is a good actor but here he´s never convincing as a streetwise tough.
If you love cop films you´ll almost certainly like this. If not, it´s pretty boring 5/10
Hard-hitting cop films are really just becoming showcases for good actors to do their thing and here Ray Liotta is very good. Jason Patric is a good actor but here he´s never convincing as a streetwise tough.
If you love cop films you´ll almost certainly like this. If not, it´s pretty boring 5/10
I missed it at the cinema and have rented it on DVD. If you get the chance I would recommend it as it´s better than nearly everything I´ve seen at the cinema or on DVd this year. That isn´t to say it´s one of the best films ever or anything, it´s just I´ve seen a lot of rubbish :)
Can´t really add to what´s already been said except 8/10
Can´t really add to what´s already been said except 8/10