Annoyed by these negative viewer-reviews that i read here , i really wanted to defend this movie.
No this is not a popcorn movie for people that want a lot of action, this goes deeper. If you are into the crime/noir movies you cannot miss this one. I've never seen a bad crime movie with Matthias Schoenaerts where he is headlining (i've seen all his movies from the last +10 years) and this counts also for this one. Great acting by Schoenaerts as always (the quiet/ troubled but also violent man) and Joel Kinnaman does a top-job as the psycho nephew. These 2 guys are in my opinion among the best actors of their generation, and I was superexcited to see them act together in a film. They deliver. The rest of the casting is also credible. For example James Nelson-Joyce was a new face to me and i hope to see him more on these types of movies. The story and directing is solid, the atmosphere is nice darkish and suspensefull. The only criticism i can give is that i don't see enough why Philadelphia is in the title. (except for the accents and some street-shots). It could also be another US city, and the film-title here in the Netherlands is "The Sound of Philadelphia". Im also interested in the book now, im gonna read it. Crime and noir fans, Schoenaerts and Kinnaman fans, go watch it!
No this is not a popcorn movie for people that want a lot of action, this goes deeper. If you are into the crime/noir movies you cannot miss this one. I've never seen a bad crime movie with Matthias Schoenaerts where he is headlining (i've seen all his movies from the last +10 years) and this counts also for this one. Great acting by Schoenaerts as always (the quiet/ troubled but also violent man) and Joel Kinnaman does a top-job as the psycho nephew. These 2 guys are in my opinion among the best actors of their generation, and I was superexcited to see them act together in a film. They deliver. The rest of the casting is also credible. For example James Nelson-Joyce was a new face to me and i hope to see him more on these types of movies. The story and directing is solid, the atmosphere is nice darkish and suspensefull. The only criticism i can give is that i don't see enough why Philadelphia is in the title. (except for the accents and some street-shots). It could also be another US city, and the film-title here in the Netherlands is "The Sound of Philadelphia". Im also interested in the book now, im gonna read it. Crime and noir fans, Schoenaerts and Kinnaman fans, go watch it!