Ben Affleck njengoJoe Coughlin.Ifoto nguWarner Bros. Njengomlawuli, uBen Affleck unomdla kwizinto ezintathu: umsebenzi omkhulu wekhamera, abadlali abalungileyo kunye noseto olunemibala ebonisa idolophu yakowabo iBoston. Phila ebusuku unazo zontathu. Ke kutheni le flaccid, ifumbling gangster flick isekwe kwenye inoveli nguDennis Lehane, onedrama yolwaphulo-mthetho ejijekileyo Umkile umntwana kuphawulwe ukuqala kuka-Affleck njengomlawuli wefilimu ngo-2007, ngaba ngumdaka onjalo? I-Frenetic kunye nokugqithisa, kunye nobudlova obuninzi kunye neengcamango ezifihlakeleyo, yinto endala malunga neRum Prohibition kunye nabantu abaninzi ababulalana ngenxa yeBoston, eyenziwe ngohlobo lokujamelana nobuso obuzama ngqo qinisekisa ukuba umntu uyakhathala. Ngenxa yokuqhushumba iphiko lasekunene lomkhuhlane wezopolitiko emoyeni ngelixesha lonyulo lweholide, kukho indawo apho u-Affleck eme kwiKKK abanye abanokuthi baqwalasele ngexesha elifanelekileyo. Kodwa loo ndawo iyaphela ngokukhawuleza, inyamalale ngaphandle kokunyanzelwa, njengayo yonke imovie.
| BUPHILA NGOBUSUKU ★ ★ Ibhalwe yayalelwa ngu: UBen Affleck |
Iqala ngokwaneleyo. Ukubuyela ekhaya eBoston ekulweni neHuns eFrance, igqala lomlo uJoe Coughlin (Affleck) udidekile kangangokuba wenza isifungo sokungaze alandele ii-odolo kwakhona, ke uya kuba sisaphuli-mthetho. Umboniso bhanyabhanya uyamlandela kwiminyaka eli-10 ngaphambi kokuba abanjwe-ulwaphulo-mthetho kunye nokungakhathali apho kudlalwa khona uhlobo olwahlukileyo lwemfazwe, ebizwa ngokuba yi-tat, ngama-Italiya ngokuchasene neIreland. Kuqala, uJoe uyala ukuzibandakanya neqela lemigulukudu ngapha nangapha, ekhetha ukuphanga iibhanki ngaphandle kwemipu, kodwa loo nto iyatshintsha xa ewela engozini ethandana nompu ogama linguEmma (Sienna Miller) oyinkosikazi yomphathi wehlokondiba laseIreland. UAlbert White (obulala ngokuqinisekileyo uRobert Glenister). Emva kokuba umsebenzi webhanki uhambe kakubi kwaye uJoe uzifumanisa ngokungummangaliso engcatshwa kwaye wathunyelwa entolongweni, ekholelwa ukuba uEmma ubulewe, ujoyina ama-mafia ase-Italiya aqhutywa ngu-Maso Pescatore (Remo Girone), othusayo ngotata wakhe, usekela-sompolisa wamapolisa wase-Boston uThomas Coughlin (UBrendan Gleeson). Ihlulwe phakathi komthetho nothando lwayo ngonyana ehla ngemibhobho, ipolisa elinyanisekileyo lizama ukuhambisa iingcebiso, kodwa uJoe uzimisele ukuphindisela ukubhubha kwentombi yakhe aze aziphindezele nakuWhite, othunyelwe eMiami ukuba aqhube ukurhweba ngabantu ngokungekho mthethweni eFlorida. Iraki. Ukusuka apha, imovie isusa kumacala amaninzi kwaye yazisa abalinganiswa abaninzi bemfundo ephakamileyo abacinga ukuba ngubani na kwaye kwenzeka ntoni kufana nokubhalisa kwizifundo zokuthweswa isidanga kwiZiko leMfundo laseTekhnoloji laseMassachusetts ngaphandle kwesidiploma samabanga aphakamileyo.
Ukuthatha izaphuli-mthetho zokungenisa utywala kunye ne-sidekick yakhe ethembekileyo (uChris Messina) ngelixa esokola ukuvula ikhasino, etshata nomntu omnyama waseCuba kunye ne-wardrobe ye-X-rated gown (Zoe Saldana) ojika amjolise ekubeni yi-supremacists emhlophe eqhutywa Ukuqhaqhaqhaqhaqhaqhaqhaqhaqhaqha uKu Klux Klan monster ngubani umlokazana we-sheriff yendawo, u-Irving Figgis (uChris Cooper), u-sadist onentombi yakhe uLoretta (u-Elle Fanning) ubuya ekhaya evela kwimisebenzi ye-movie engaphumeleli eHollywood aze ahlaselwe kwaye ahlanjululwe ukuba ube ngumvangeli ogqunywe kukutsha kwecuba… kodwa kutheni uqhubeka, nangona le ndawo ingapheliyo yokuqhushumba kunye neepolitiki ezigrogrisa ngokuqhubeka ngonaphakade, betyhila abalinganiswa abakhe bangachazwa kwaye babethelela iziza ezingasombululekanga . I-cinema ye-navy-blue cinematografi yaseBoston ikhanyiswe kakuhle, imeko yeFlorida ijongeka ngathi yintengiso yejusi yeorenji yaseDade County, abadlali bonke bajongeka ngathi balinde umkhombandlela ovela ku-Affleck ngeselula. Phila ebusuku Ubila ngaphezulu nge-ambience kwaye uhlawuliswe ngeenkcukacha, ukusuka kwi-Roaring 20s isinxibo sempimpi ukuya kuqhushumbo kwiimoto zexesha, kodwa amabali amaninzi aphunyeziweyo kumdlalo weqonga ongaphiliyo ka-Affleck, ophembelela ukudideka, ngelixa ezinye iziqwenga zilahliwe zizonke. (Ukubuya ekugqibeleni kukaEmma odume kakubi, umzekelo, kubonakala ngathi kukucinga emva, kwaye ukuphela kokuphela kuyikopi ye-clichéd.) Abadlali abonileyo baxakekisa into yokulinganisa isixa esingenasiphelo sobundlobongela obungenanceba, kodwa akukho tyala laneleyo okanye iipatos kwincoko yababini ukwenza ubukho babo buxabise umzamo.
