I realized about the existence of HOMICIDE, through the website of the Criterion Collection, around this year's July. It was announced in the Criterion site as one of their coming soon titles (it was released three moths ago) so and since it gained my attention more than other Criterion titles I immediately investigated about the existence of its R4 DVD. Turned out it does existed, but I wasn't able to find it at my usual store. Last weekend in a walmart I decided to check out the DVDs and to my surprise and joy there it was the R4 DVD of Mamet's 1991 film.
Joe Mantegna plays a Jewish detective (Bob Gold), and is like we are always ready for the more conventional things, ready to accept and enjoy those things just because we like Mantegna's character. Mantegna's performance is great and that is part of why when the whole thing is conventional material we accept the whole thing, we really enjoy it. I mean, the film begins with the FBI dropping a case that now out detectives will take (Mantegna's detective and the partner, Macy's character, Tim Sullivan), and is just like the conventional problems for our characters, they did their job just about fine but still they get the blame. The main issue here is that these two, Bob and Tim, gain us immediately, there is enough to see that both are good cops and, principally, there's this part in which we see that both are real partners (just after we know that Bob is Jewish). The film continues to be a simple cop film, and I loved those moments: is like, Bob ain't a very lucky man and finally the moment he is going to work on a really big case (words about how is bob) the moment we confirm about his lack of luck.
It's just about having Bob into something and something else that seems more important going on
Maybe going for the conspiration thing was the move expected by us but is like Mamet reminds to us that this is all about a man, a man who is Jewish but can't "" , a man who has no family, a man, I will for once cite the description that comes in the box of the R4 DVD, who thinks is doing the right thing. It's pretty darn hard the ending because it makes you think, it makes you think in Tim getting killed but mostly in what Bob is thinking after receiving the promised help of a random guy who shot his family and was treated fairly well by Bob. It's not satisfying as a conventional thriller but that's why it's great, and hell just seeing Mantegna going for this and going for that is a joy (Macy is not really that many minutes in the screen). 9.5 out of 10
Joe Mantegna plays a Jewish detective (Bob Gold), and is like we are always ready for the more conventional things, ready to accept and enjoy those things just because we like Mantegna's character. Mantegna's performance is great and that is part of why when the whole thing is conventional material we accept the whole thing, we really enjoy it. I mean, the film begins with the FBI dropping a case that now out detectives will take (Mantegna's detective and the partner, Macy's character, Tim Sullivan), and is just like the conventional problems for our characters, they did their job just about fine but still they get the blame. The main issue here is that these two, Bob and Tim, gain us immediately, there is enough to see that both are good cops and, principally, there's this part in which we see that both are real partners (just after we know that Bob is Jewish). The film continues to be a simple cop film, and I loved those moments: is like, Bob ain't a very lucky man and finally the moment he is going to work on a really big case (words about how is bob) the moment we confirm about his lack of luck.
It's just about having Bob into something and something else that seems more important going on
Maybe going for the conspiration thing was the move expected by us but is like Mamet reminds to us that this is all about a man, a man who is Jewish but can't "" , a man who has no family, a man, I will for once cite the description that comes in the box of the R4 DVD, who thinks is doing the right thing. It's pretty darn hard the ending because it makes you think, it makes you think in Tim getting killed but mostly in what Bob is thinking after receiving the promised help of a random guy who shot his family and was treated fairly well by Bob. It's not satisfying as a conventional thriller but that's why it's great, and hell just seeing Mantegna going for this and going for that is a joy (Macy is not really that many minutes in the screen). 9.5 out of 10