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John Goodman was sheer class in this.......


.........as Bones Darley.
I thought all the acting from the leads was top notch, but Goodman eclipsed them all in his cameo scenes.
Great film, with some new twists on a usual vigilante theme

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I know, Goodman really surprised me. He was badass in here, I didn't want his character to die. I thought between him & Bacon, they were both awesome in here.

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Goodman was excellent, agreed. I love it when he's selling the guns, "thats a hungry man right there..." brilliant.While not faultless, I love this movie.

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I agree. John Goodman is a great actor. Even when he was on Roseanne, he was something special.

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Haha, I particularly like the scene where Bacon buys guns, Goodman really looks super-excited about selling lots n' lots of guns to a guy that is obviously a mass murdering psychopath ^^ Hilarious.

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He was the best part of this movie and as always he excels above everyone else. I have never seen a John Goodman movie i didnt like (and trust me i'm close to seeing ALL of them)

The only thing about him being in this movie was his accent. He was clearly using a different accent than his Missouri accent and i cant figure out what kind of accent its supposed to be.

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He was indeed brilliant and he stole the movie completely. I know I'll remember him and nothning else from the story.


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I was a bit confused by the accent too, and thought the city might be modeled on Boston - he sounded kind of Southie for a minute there. Plus the White gang (not that there aren't White people in gangs, I'm just used to seeing them in Biker gangs - the gangs out here in California are usually segregated by race anyways).

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Agreed! 100%. Goodman is an underrated treasure. He's among my favorite actors alive to have never won an Oscar. He's absolutely brilliant.

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Fantastic performance for sure. Bacon, Hedlund and Goodman were all sublime.

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