Country: US
Technical: col/scope 105m
Director: Bryan Singer
Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Chazz Palminteri, Pete Postlethwaite
Synopsis:
A legendarily ruthless underworld figure coerces five criminals who met in a police line-up into compensating him for acts perpetrated against his interests: they must help eliminate the one man capable of identifying him.
Review:
A film whose Sixties-style inscrutability and odd well-turned aphorism rapidly gained it a cult following. The scenario involves considerable duping of the viewer before the final revelation demands a complete revision of assumptions. That this does not infuriate is down to the ingenuity with which the film is assembled and the aplomb demonstrated by its cast of profane professionals.
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 105m
Director: Bryan Singer
Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Chazz Palminteri, Pete Postlethwaite
Synopsis:
A legendarily ruthless underworld figure coerces five criminals who met in a police line-up into compensating him for acts perpetrated against his interests: they must help eliminate the one man capable of identifying him.
Review:
A film whose Sixties-style inscrutability and odd well-turned aphorism rapidly gained it a cult following. The scenario involves considerable duping of the viewer before the final revelation demands a complete revision of assumptions. That this does not infuriate is down to the ingenuity with which the film is assembled and the aplomb demonstrated by its cast of profane professionals.
