‘Stand Up Guys’ (2012). Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin.
Pacino is released from prison after 28 years. He killed the son of a local gangster during a botched robbery, and now the gangster has order Pacino’s best friend (Walken) to kill him.
This film was MUCH better than I expected. At its core, it’s a study of friendship. Oddly enough, though, it’s at times a buddy movie, a dark comedy (particularly the scene where Pacino ODs on viagra), a revenge flick, etc. Normally, a film trying to be all things at once pisses me off, but it works here.
8/10.
Boru
Pacino is released from prison after 28 years. He killed the son of a local gangster during a botched robbery, and now the gangster has order Pacino’s best friend (Walken) to kill him.
This film was MUCH better than I expected. At its core, it’s a study of friendship. Oddly enough, though, it’s at times a buddy movie, a dark comedy (particularly the scene where Pacino ODs on viagra), a revenge flick, etc. Normally, a film trying to be all things at once pisses me off, but it works here.
8/10.
Boru
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