Late one night in a working class New Jersey suburb, a bloodied woman staggers mute and dazed into the emergency room at the Dempsy Medical Center. After treatment for shock and hysteria, Brenda Martin recounts to Dempsy police detective Lorenzo Council a horrific tale of being carjacked on the isolated strip of undeveloped land that divides Dempsy's urban housing projects from the blue collar town of Gannon, where she lives. She claims she was forced out of her car by a black man, but during the interrogation Council senses he's not getting the whole story. Only after hours of questioning does Brenda finally break down and confess that her four-year-old son, Cody, was asleep in the back seat of the stolen car. Led by activist Karen Collucci, members of the communities of Dempsy and Gannon unite in a search for the missing child, but the criminal investigation into the alleged kidnapping by a suspect who is presumed to be a local from the projects soon ignites long-simmering racial tensions between the two towns.
It sounds like this could be an action-packed, controversial film, but it was really just a dud. The story started off well and was set up to be interesting, but I kept waiting for the big bang. Julianne Moore's character alternated between aloof and crazy throughout the whole film and Samuel L. Jackson's character acted like he had everything solved from the beginning - but was inept to get it done. I was bored part of the time and wanted to fast-forward to the end. After it ended, my fist thought was, "That was anti-climactic." Not recommended if you're looking for action.
Rating: 2 of 5 stars
Would I watch it again: No
Starring: Julianne Moore, Samuel L. Jackson, Edie Falco
I typically watch movies on Monday, Wednesday and Friday while riding the ACE Train from Tracy to Santa Clara. The opinions expressed are those of me, myself and I.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment