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Originally Posted by alkytrio666
I just find it ironic that in trying to make a movie against violence, Neil Jordan created one of the most deadly serious, violent films of the year. It was too preachy to be a box-office sucess, and not smart enough in its argument to be critically sucessful.
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And the subway attack...in what world does this happen? I lived in NYC for years and took the subway everywhere.
This kind of random violence is cartoonish in the Nth degree...and it's suppopsed to be sooooo fucking serious.
Watch Death Sentence instead if you want contemporary vigilante justice without the pretension.
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