In the Name of the Father (1993)
Movie: 'In the Name of the Father'
Genre: Drama, contemporary historic account
Rating: 8/10
Holy Mother! Can we please have some more buildings exploding while Hendrix thrashes on his guitar? You can't fuck with that. This movie's 1st act was as solid as an Everlasting Gobstopper. The footrace through Belfast had as much energy as the shoplifting scene from 'Trainspotting', only longer and with more goods, like an Irish Coffee with free refills. Daniel Day Lewis is a frikkin' all-star, not matter how you slice your meat. In this movie he was directed by the same guy who gave Lewis his turn as Christie Brown in 'My Left Foot' (another outstanding piece of work). Here he plays Gerry Conlon, a member of the Guildford Four who were falsely arrested and imprisoned for the bombing of an English pub, which killed 5 and injured a hundred.
There are some interesting parallels to be drawn from the then creation of Northern Ireland's 'Prevention of Terrorist Act' and the current U.S. 'Patriot Act', the latter created almost thirty years later. Both acts strip suspects of their civil liberties, and this film portrays the process in an unsettling way. It'd be great if the Senate had a mandatory sleepover and watched this movie in their jammies.
Gerry Conlon's father is played by Pete Postlethwaite, he played Kobayashi in 'The Usual Suspects', remember? "My name is Kobayashi. I work for Kayser Soze.". That dude is awesome.
There's some good scenes in the prison, but I think the screenplay went a little soft on what the experience must have been like. There are some bunking arrangements that were obviously augmented. Hold up... Maybe I'm straying a little from the fact that Hendrix and explosions are terrifically underused in contemporary cinema.
1st act was the awesome, 2nd act was beautifully acted, 3rd act felt a little rushed. But compounded with the performances of Daniel Day Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, and the deft adroitness of Ms. Emma Thompson and you've got yourself a solid movie. Go ahead and check it out.
Boom.
Genre: Drama, contemporary historic account
Rating: 8/10
Holy Mother! Can we please have some more buildings exploding while Hendrix thrashes on his guitar? You can't fuck with that. This movie's 1st act was as solid as an Everlasting Gobstopper. The footrace through Belfast had as much energy as the shoplifting scene from 'Trainspotting', only longer and with more goods, like an Irish Coffee with free refills. Daniel Day Lewis is a frikkin' all-star, not matter how you slice your meat. In this movie he was directed by the same guy who gave Lewis his turn as Christie Brown in 'My Left Foot' (another outstanding piece of work). Here he plays Gerry Conlon, a member of the Guildford Four who were falsely arrested and imprisoned for the bombing of an English pub, which killed 5 and injured a hundred.
There are some interesting parallels to be drawn from the then creation of Northern Ireland's 'Prevention of Terrorist Act' and the current U.S. 'Patriot Act', the latter created almost thirty years later. Both acts strip suspects of their civil liberties, and this film portrays the process in an unsettling way. It'd be great if the Senate had a mandatory sleepover and watched this movie in their jammies.
Gerry Conlon's father is played by Pete Postlethwaite, he played Kobayashi in 'The Usual Suspects', remember? "My name is Kobayashi. I work for Kayser Soze.". That dude is awesome.
There's some good scenes in the prison, but I think the screenplay went a little soft on what the experience must have been like. There are some bunking arrangements that were obviously augmented. Hold up... Maybe I'm straying a little from the fact that Hendrix and explosions are terrifically underused in contemporary cinema.
1st act was the awesome, 2nd act was beautifully acted, 3rd act felt a little rushed. But compounded with the performances of Daniel Day Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, and the deft adroitness of Ms. Emma Thompson and you've got yourself a solid movie. Go ahead and check it out.
Boom.
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