4/25/2023 0 Comments Dragged across concrete![]() There is a distinct, if spurious parallel between the cases of Henry and Brett. A more length-conscious director might have cut her out entirely, in the interests of getting the movie closer down to two hours. And there is another character who is slotted into this ensemble: bank employee and new mother Kelly, an interesting performance from Jennifer Carpenter. A certain lucrative job is in prospect for them, being run by some very sinister Europeans. ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, in another part of the amoral crime universe, Henry (Tory Kittles) is a young African-American man who has been released from prison and instantly reintroduced to the world of lawbreaking by his friend Biscuit (Michael Jai White). Just as with his directorial effort Apocalypto, I have to pause after each keystroke to give a yelp of resentment. I should point out the critical cognitive dissonance involved in praising anything to do with the disgraced-but-not-overwhelmingly-penitent Mel Gibson. S Craig Zahler, the director of the bizarre western horror Bone Tomahawk in 2015, has now put together this brutal, nasty, often brilliant Grubby Harry exploitation crime-thriller with flourishes of horror and sadism within its unhurried stakeout tempo and chapter-length scenes, aspiring to the tradition of George Higgins or Ed Bunker. Maybe this was originally just a working title, something scribbled down as a temporary placeholder until everyone came to see how appropriate it was. You’re aware of concrete abrading skin – and maybe the calloused grip grabbing the shirt-collar at the back of your neck or the gun barrel jammed somewhere intimate. This title pretty much lets you have it like the feelaround cinema once envisioned in Brave New World and Kentucky Fried Movie. T itles of films are not usually so conscientious in giving you an exact sensory impression of the forthcoming entertainment.
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