Wonderful character development!

Absolutely amazing

A Major Disappointment

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

I know this is not a current movie, so I may not get a response, but I'm wondering if a scene was cut out? At the very end of the movie, James Franco has a gun and he has his ring back on his finger. In the version I saw last nite, there was no explanation of "how" he got a gun or "how" he got his ring back. Was there a scene edited out on the version I viewed?I liked the movie. It was not great, but it was a good watch. Robert DeNiro plays the same character that he has played in about 10 other movies. But, he plays it well.Apparently, I have to write more lines. and more lines. and more lines.

This movie is a tense drama,with Di Nero playing a signature character, a big city cop who is drawn into an investigation where his estranged son turns out to be the top suspect.It further expands into his complicated relationships with his ex-wife, and the father who was executed for a botched kidnapping in the 1950's.My problem with the film is that there is this key bit of information that would have ended the story in about five minutes that people who know don't talk about and people who could do something about it could really use. That this kid is on the run from a drug lord. This information isn't relayed until the last act of the movie, leading up to the climax, but if someone had just said something at the beginning of the movie, well, I guess we wouldn't have a movie.Enjoy it because Di Nero elevates it.

Who knows why critics like or dislike films. This is a good solid film, with a huge cast and they all do a wonderful job. The script is good, the cinematography too is fine, and the entire story telling is just great. James Franco is amazing! I don't want to even suggest what his role is in the film - because if you don't know - let him surprise you. This is one of those films that I had not seen until it was on cable, and my apologies for not seeing it sooner.The direction of the film - great! It is gritty, it is at times dark and hard, at times tugs on the heart.Congratulations to the entire cast and crew! EVERYONE was great.

It is strange how a method actor like de Niro relies on conveying such an introvert sense of undoing. Not at his best here, even though at the end he delivers a terrific lesson in rhythm with his speed-up, pant-in-check monologue. I liked the fact that this monologue is sculpted so, given the sense of alarm it had to take into consideration - and I mean it in terms of direction - but it comes too late for any defining purposes. DeNiro is good, yet something lacks, he fails to give a full characterization, contrasted with McDormant who achieves it excellently. The story feels anachronistic and the soundtrack absurd. But one make actually - unexpectedly - like James Franco's Osborne - yeah, from his "Spiderman" character - grin that flashes menacingly at some point.