Harrison Ford,
Brad Pitt,
Margaret Colin,
Ruben Blades,
Treat Williams
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A policeman plays Good Samaritan to a visitor from Ireland, only to discover that he has a potentially deadly secret. Belfast-born Frankie McGuire (Brad Pitt) saw his father gunned down by enemy soldi... read more
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Release Date: March 26, 1997
Keywords:
new york,
brad pitt,
harrison ford,
irish accent,
Treat Williams ,
Brad Pitt ,
Harrison Ford ,
New York
DVD Release Date: February 24, 1998
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September 25, 2009This film is as good as Brad Pitt?s Irish accent (although he mastered it in Snatch).
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September 13, 2009This has GOT to be the worst movie ever for both Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt. I found myself wondering throughout, "What is this movie even about?"
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December 31, 2008Awful. At first I thought the story sounded real good at it got off to a great start but it just didn't follow through and bored the pants off of me. I got interested in something else and couldn't follow the story. Ford seemed to do a pretty good job but Pitt was annoying and du... read more
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September 17, 2008Wow. With these two stars headlining something like this, you just think it has to be pretty decent. Sorry to disappoint you, folks. Ford puts in a good performance, but Pitt is only decent here. Must be why he openly bashed the film before and after its release and even tried to... read more
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June 14, 2008Brad and Harrison are two of my fave actors but this storyline is poor and accents are terrible.
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January 21, 2008Reinforces my belief that Ford is the most boring actor in existance. Brad Pitt seemed equally bored.
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January 6, 2008A magnetic, stunning and powerful thriller. It's nail-biting, thrilling and very exciting. Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt give strong and memerising performances. Treat Williams is teriffic.
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Critic Reviews
January 1, 2000
Mike Clark, USA Today
January 26, 2010
Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy
Presents itself as being about Something Important, whereas in fact it is really about nothing very much at all. Full Review
July 16, 2008
Bill Chambers, Film Freak Central
Finally just another schoolmarmish prestige piece touting America's moral superiority Full Review
July 30, 2007
Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com
What's left is a lot of moral grappling, not all of which has one iota of relevance to the plot. Full Review
September 18, 2005
Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com
A cobbled-together mess of conflicting tones. Full Review
December 6, 2004
Jeffrey Overstreet, Looking Closer
The line 'This is not an American story, it's an Irish one' means nothing ... it is a story as American as McNuggets -- all extra-crispy coating and no real meat underneath.
April 27, 2003
Clint Morris, Moviehole
Messy, but still strangely appealing
January 16, 2003
Rob Vaux, Flipside Movie Emporium
Unjustly dismissed and really quite watchable, despite Brad Pitt's silly Irish accent.
August 21, 2002
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Revolves around two men whose passionate commitment to justice puts them on a collision course. Full Review
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