DEVIL'S OWN/DONNIE BRASCO SET

DEVIL'S OWN(1997):

This was a good movie, but quite predictable! This
would have been very good, 'cept that in trying to
make it seem authentic, Brad talks with an Irish brough
that is nearly non-understandable! Therefore, I had
to watch the close captioning the whole way through
the movie to be able to know what was going on!! I
don't like to be tied to the screen when watching
a movie, as I like to do other things at the same time!
And finally, this is about conflicts that most Americans
cannot come close to understanding, between Northern
Ireland and England! Those are the only drawbacks to
this otherwise fine film! B-

From an Amazon.com customer:

Any movie starring Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford has got
to be worth seeing, right? That's as close to a guarantee
as this well-meaning thriller ever gets, however, and
the talents of Pitt and Ford are absolutely vital in making
any sense out of this dramatically muddled scenario.
Ostensibly the movie's about an IRA terrorist (Pitt) who
escapes from British troops in Belfast and travels to New
York City, where he stays in the home of a seasoned
cop (Ford) who has no idea of the terrorist's true identity.
(Why a veteran cop would host a complete stranger in his
home is one of those shaky details you're better off not
thinking about.) But while Pitt's passionate character
waits to make an arms deal for his IRA compatriots
back in Ireland, The Devil's Own conveniently avoids
any detailed understanding of the Northern Ireland
conflict, focusing instead on the cop's moral dilemma
when he discovers that his young guest is a terrorist.
The film is superbly acted, and overall it's quite
worthwhile, but don't look to it for an abundance
of plot logic or an in-depth understanding of
Protestant-Catholic tensions in Northern Ireland.
(For that, take a look at In the Name of the Father
or the underrated historical biopic Michael
Collins.) --Jeff Shannon.

Very heavy movie about the mafia and a guy who
infiltrates it(Johnny Depp)!! This is very good but
very bleak. I'm not really into mob movies, and this
is no exception really. But it is very well done with
great acting, with Johnny doing an exceptional job! B+

From Amazon.com:

Based on a memoir by former undercover cop Joe
Pistone (whose daring and unprecedented infiltration
of the New York Mob scene earned him a place in
the federal witness protection program), Donnie
Brasco is like a de-romanticized, de-mythologized
version of The Godfather. It offers an uncommonly
detailed, privileged glimpse inside the world of
organized crime from the perspective of the little
guys at the bottom of Mafia hierarchy rather than
from the kingpins at the top. Donnie Brasco is not
only one of the great modern-day gangster movies
to put in the company of The Godfather films and
GoodFellas, but it is also one of the great undercover
police movies--arguably surpassing Serpico and Prince
of the City in richness of character, detail, and moral
complexity. Donnie (Johnny Depp, a splendid actor)
is practically adopted by Lefty Ruggiero (Al Pacino),
a gregarious, low-level "made" man who grows to
love his young protégé like a son. (Pacino really
sinks into this guy's skin and polyester slacks, and
creates his freshest, most fully realized character
since his 1970s heyday.) As Donnie acclimates
himself to Lefty's world, he distances himself from
his wife (a terrific Anne Heche) and family for their
own protection. Almost imperceptibly his sense of
identity slips away from him. Questioning his own
confused loyalties, unable to trust anybody else
because he himself is an imposter, Donnie loses
his way in a murky and treacherous no-man's land.
The film is directed by Mike Newell, who also headed
up Four Weddings and a Funeral and the gritty,
true crime melodrama Dance with a Stranger. --Jim Emerson!

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