2005-10-16

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

[Amazon Link] [3.0 stars] [IMDB Link]

This is putatively a noir thriller, set in gritty London. Clive Owen is an ex-gangster, back in town to find out what happened to his brother, who (it turns out) has committed suicide in response to humilating brutalization.

The most remarkable things about this movie: (a) the time it spends on tangents not directly relevant to the main plot thread; (b) the way it ends, with things not entirely resolved.

Apparently we're also supposed to buy a romantic relationship between the 60-year-old Charlotte Rampling and the 41-year-old Owen? Dubious.

But (all in all) not bad, if you're in the mood for a thriller without a lot of action.

Posted 2005-10-16 8:31 PM EDT
Last Modified 2007-08-28 1:12 PM EDT
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