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In this searing police thriller, Jonathan (Channing Tatum – G.I. Joe: Retaliation, 21 Jump Street) is a cop who gets in over his head when he is assigned to re-open a double homicide case in his Queens neighbourhood. An anonymous source feeds new information on the long-unsolved murders to a local reporter (Juliette Binoche). This leads to evidence suggesting a possible cover-up by the former lead detective (Al Pacino). As Jonathan digs deeper into the assignment, a dark secret about the case emerges, which threatens his life and his family. Also stars Tracy Morgan (30 Rock), Katie Holmes (Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, Batman Begins) and Ray Liotta.
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In this crime thriller from director Dito Montiel, a cop assigned to his old neighborhood faces a test of loyalties when secrets from his past threaten his family and future. When local reporter Loren Bridges (Juliette Binoche) starts printing stories from an unknown source about a potential police cover-up of a double murder 16 years ago, cop Jonathan White (Channing Tatum) returns to his old Queens precinct to help in the investigation. But as the evidence mounts and suspicion falls on former detective Charles Stanford (Al Pacino), Jonathan soon finds himself forced to do whatever it takes to protect his family and his colleages when buried events return to haunt him...
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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One cannot but think that this is a film which in itself justifies its title given the old adage that success is everyman's child, but failure is an orphan. The plot is simple enough - a young boy kills two degenerates and years later, the young boy, now a New York cop assigned to the precinct in which he grew up and committed the killings, is faced with retribution from someone. The problem is that the storyline is convoluted in the extreme, the dialogue dull, and occasionally unintelligible, and the acting mediocre. I really fail to understand how actors of the calibre of Al Pacino and Ray Liotta could lend their names to such a travesty as I'm sure they couldn't have needed the money that badly. I made my usual mistake of watching it through to the end in the hope that it would get better, but of course it didn't. My copy of the DVD is destined for the local charity shop.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Albatross
The phrase `slow burner' was made for The Son of No One. It's about a cop with a secret from his childhood that's about to come back and haunt him while he battles to save his marriage.
Basically, it's a `cop-on-the-edge' thriller. Only it's not much of a thriller. Drama would be a better description, as there's not much action in it.
It's not particularly dark and it's not particularly gritty. It's just slow. The plot is strung out through use of flashbacks which tell you things that you already know (only longer).
You may be tempted to watch this because Al Pacino and Ray Liotta feature heavily in the promotional material. However, be warned, they're not in it that much - barely passing characters.
Overall, it's okay, but only if you don't mind your films slow and brooding. Every actor does his or her job in the film. Nothing special.
Basically, it's a `cop-on-the-edge' thriller. Only it's not much of a thriller. Drama would be a better description, as there's not much action in it.
It's not particularly dark and it's not particularly gritty. It's just slow. The plot is strung out through use of flashbacks which tell you things that you already know (only longer).
You may be tempted to watch this because Al Pacino and Ray Liotta feature heavily in the promotional material. However, be warned, they're not in it that much - barely passing characters.
Overall, it's okay, but only if you don't mind your films slow and brooding. Every actor does his or her job in the film. Nothing special.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Jennie
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I was looking forward to this DVD but, found it was not at all what I expected. It was too "bitty" going backwards and forwards through the years. The story itself was good BUT you knew what was going to be the outcome before it was half way through. What was meant to be the sting in the tail was obvious from almost the beginning of the film.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
actually pretty good
I feel I have to leap in here just to boost this film's ratings. Dito Montiel collaborated with Tatum before on Guide to Recognising Your Saints and Fighting, and the quality of... Read more
Published 3 months ago by ILYA
3.0 out of 5 stars
Disowned (but not entirely awful)
Casting may be 90% of the work in getting a move right, but this time even top class actors can't rescue the confused plot with its rather obvious 'twist'. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Rowena Hoseason
1.0 out of 5 stars
rubbish
once again big load for american rubbish maybe if it had a story instead of jumping about all over back to what forward to what
Published 11 months ago by Mrs. G. Dickinson-haythorne
4.0 out of 5 stars
intreging thought provocing thriller
I found this film a really good watch from start to finsh.
i enjoy a good thriller with a good storyline,I hired it from my local library on a recomandation from one of the... Read more
i enjoy a good thriller with a good storyline,I hired it from my local library on a recomandation from one of the... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Mr. A. T. Clarke
2.0 out of 5 stars
Criminally dissapointing
Set in New York in 2002, Channing Tatum (The Eagle) stars as Jonathan White, a 30 something New York rookie cop with a young family, who for reasons brushed over, happens to be... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Jules
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