The Monotony of Monogamy

 
Finally, a movie that lives up to the hype.

This movie starts out as 3 separate movies set in the same city. The first 1:20ish of the movie is spent on the 3 stories individually. But the last 40 or so minutes of the movie go back and show how the stories were intertwined and resolved.

The first story is of an old cop, John Hartigan (Bruce Willis), near retirement, who saves an 11 year old girl from being molested and raped by a Senator's son (Nick Stahl). But then ends up getting shot several times.

The second story revolves around Marv (Mickey Rourke) who goes on a killing spree to avenge the murder of a prostitutre, Goldie (Jaime King). Even after getting shot several times, gettin cut many many places, and fighting numerous ansillary guards, Marv finally gets to Kevin (Elijah Wood) who is a crazy little kid with some sick tendancies.

The third story centers on Dwight (Clive Owen) and his new girlfriend's (Brittany Murphy) old boyfriend, Jack Rafferty (Benicio Del Toro). After the murder of Rafferty, all of Dwight's friends, who are conviently prostitutes, are in some serious trouble.

Now you might be looking at those seemingly separate plots and not seeing any possible way those could relate. Probably because I left out alot of details because half the genius of this movie is how it all comes together in the end. Quentin Tarantino directed one of these subplots, though Im not exactly sure which, I have a good idea.

A vast majority of the movie is in black and white. Though, like Schindler's List, there is spuradic color to accentuate certain aspects of the film. The colors on the screen drew the eye to what the directors wanted us to see, such as the massive amounts of blood or the color and beauty of someone's eyes.

Overall: I give this movie a cert mint after nothing but dirt for a year. It's new, its exciting, its incredibly refreshing. It has different elements that work so well together that they create a masterpiece. Go see this movie, right now. And pick me up a tin of Certs while youre out.

Book of Wise Pohl, Chapter 4, Verse 23:
"If you're not mad enough to bare knuckle box, you're not mad."
- Red Forman That 70s Show


posted by Dave at 12:45 AM