Russell Crowe is back!!! rainy day movey review #2

 

 
Russell Crowe’s back, in this compelling film and role worthy of his powerful maximus like persona.  He is a man on a mission and will not give up. It is  terrific. He plays John Brennan who's wife Laura, played by Elizabeth Banks ( http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=Elizabeth+Banks) is arrested and jailed for murder.

The boss who just fired Laura is found bludgeoned to death in a parking garage and her swift temper is revealed in a nasty fight with a woman she thinks is making moves on John.

Flash forward, John and their son visit Laura in prison where she will be spending the rest of her life. The appeals have run out and there is no hope of a miracle. 

But John refuses to give in or budge. He redoubles his efforts to do something, anything, hitting the wall again and again. But things pay off when he stumbles on the story of a man played by Liam Neason (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000553/)  who escaped prison multiple  times.

He meets the man and tapes their conversation. Neason as always, commands the screen and i believe steals the scene acting as a prison hardened man. He warns Crowe that the idea of breaking his wife out of prison may be dangerous. Crowe, now pushes foreward with an obsession worthy of a look back to one of his previous films A Beautiful Mind. His plan is to break her out and wel,l in shor,t make it out of Pittsburgh, where she is imprisoned before it is locked down and they both go to jail for life or are killed.

without wavering loyalty he assumes that his wife is innocent even though she trys to tell him that she is guilty .he keeps pushing through with his plan to help her escape. there is of coures, maps and plans posted on a wall to make it obvious of what is happening. this scene of obsession is fantasti,c when he looks up how to defeat locks using a bump key via YouTube. this small detail to some, really shows how much the world has changed and makes the world the characters live in, modern and believable.

The cast is amazing in this film and the emotional journey of John (Crowe) Laura (Banks) is a believable one, including their strained relationship with her being incarcerated, not only with John but their young son as well. the supporting cast is amazing and has screen greats such as Brian Dennehey. well now that you know the basic plot, and that this film more than lives up to the small amount of hype and marketin,g i must say it is more than worthy of a full priced ticket in any theatre.

If you know me, i am a big Crowe fan and I feel that he really pulls you in and drives this movie. the director of the film Crash Haggis did an amazing job with the cinematography of the film as well as the casting. the wide angle and flowing sweeps of the camera could rival a Michael Bay film, (Transformers). my favorite is a 360 spin of a car on the interstate .

well again a geat film and a must see in my book. thats it from the rainy day movie review. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1458175/.