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A very good film

posted 7 years ago by maximmm (3344)
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It's kind of surprising not to see any posts here for this film. The film is decent - the script is good and the acting is good.

Most of my posts here are negative - because I see a lot of holes in films; and flaws either in the scripts of the acting - this film, on the other hand, is legit. I'm not sure what to compare it to - OZ? Only parts of the films are shot in prison. I think at the end of the day, the film shows how a fairly decent human being can turn into a hard core criminal after spending time in prison for a car accident.

I highly recommend seeing it.

[–] Tbone382001 (109) 7 years ago

I thought it was a great movie. Can't believe I didn't hear anything about it. Pretty much every review I have seen was very positive. Check it out!

[–] Barclays (960) 7 years ago

It's got a 7.6 rating on imdb

I thought it was a really good film with solid writing/directing from Ric and performances from Nikolaj and the other actors. The final 20 minutes was awesome! The musical score really elevates this from your typical crime drama thriller.

[–] olioz (3707) 7 years ago

Agreed! Never heard of this before until I saw it today. Enjoyed it very much and it's much better than most of the films in theaters these days. The acting was good, escpecially from Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. But I must say it was odd at first to see Lake Bell as the wife because I've only seen her in comedies, but she was just fine.

[–] 000 (471) 7 years ago

was roland black in the books?

[–] RAJH (533) 6 years ago

Thought it was pretty mediocre to be honest....Seen it all before.
Didn't like the way it switched from past to present. Had the story been told in a more linear way, it may have been a better film.
Still it was pretty derivative and boring overall.

[–] PinbackWiggly (414) 6 years ago

Decent movie, but I found it hard to believe that a business man goes to prison and goes from nothing to #2 in a gang and is upon release immediately put in charge of smuggling weapons. He would have had no experience handling gang activities like that on the outside.

I also suspect that a business man with no past criminal record, a DUI and vehicular homicide or whatever would find a way to avoid gang life.

[–] maximmm (3344) 6 years ago

I think the reason why I liked it is because I believe that a normal human being can actually be turned into a criminal rather easily - especially if placed in an environment where acting like a criminal is the only way to survive without being subdued/raped (prisons, unfortunately).

[–] PinbackWiggly (414) 6 years ago

Yeah I would agree with that too. One more reason I will do my best to stay out of prison!

[–] furiousstyles (4391) 6 years ago

agreed