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: Lions Gate
: Neo Noir, Neo Noir, Quest, Revenge
: 97 min.
: English
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Based on a novel by acclaimed crime writer James Ellroy, this film stars Michael Rooker as Fritz Brown, a former L.A.P.D. detective who was kicked off the force due to his drinking. Now struggling to remain sober, Brown works as a private eye when he can, but he makes most of his money repossessing cars. One day, Brown is offered some detective work by Freddie "Fat Dog" Baker (William Sasso), a golf caddy who has some severe reservations about his younger sister, Jane (Selma Blair) and her relationship with Solly (Harold Gould), a wealthy businessman with mob connections who is old enough to be Jane's grandfather. Brown isn't interested at first, but when "Fat Dog" starts flashing an impressive bankroll, he decides to take the case. Brown's investigation of Solly causes him to cross paths with Cathcart (Brion James), the head of L.A.P.D. internal affairs who was responsible for Brown losing his job. Soon Brown runs afoul of a group of hired thugs and several key figures wind up dead as Brown tries to find out the truth about Solly and Jane. Ellroy wrote Brown's Requiem, his first novel, while he was still supporting himself as a golf caddy and breaking himself of a decade-long addiction to drugs and alcohol. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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by RRappuhn
April 12, 2004 - 11:13 AM PDT
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Ok film, but just as with the 'L.A. Confidental' film, after reading Brown's Requiem ( I think it was Ellroy's first work and the only one in the detective genre ), the film is quite a disappointment. Part of my enjoyment with Ellroy's work is his plot layering, subcontexts, and the hidden/revealed ( and the fact that they are somewhat autobiographical ). Even though I thought L.A. Confidental a good film and enjoyable with the very different story line; the film versions just do not do his novels justice as opposed to Kurt Vonnegut's 'Slaughter House 5' and 'Mothernight' where the films very closely followed the novels.
Look at the current 'Taking Lives' film compared to the book...the film quite banal and predictable, the book, the character took the wrong life... |
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