The third feature in the drama franchise that focuses on theviolent world of British football hooliganism 14 years after turninghis back on the Green Street Elite and channelling his energies intomixed martial arts, Danny Harvey Scott Adkins‘s world is shatteredwhen his younger brother Joey Billy Cook is killed in what seems to bea preplanned fight With no leads to go on, and determined to seekjustice, Danny is forced to reenter the world of organised footballhooliganism in order to find out the identity of his brother‘s killerand mete out revenge in the only way he knows how
Civil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister In time he has a family and many friends, but he also finds friction with a few of his parishioners A young doctor grates at what he feels is the parson#39;s interference in the scientific treatment of patients, and a mine owner resents Grey#39;s protection of an old sharecropper whose small plot of land stands in the way of his continued mining Grey must face a public health crisis and a lynch mob as a result, all seen and described through the eyes and memory of Grey#39;s young nephew John
A former cop returns to challenge a plot to escalate gang violence in the streets of Los Angeles
Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley#39;s early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality though using sex for several years; obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich eg, her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude but unseen work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone quot;I#39;m a mechanicquot;, yet the symbolism is rich he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy is, in fact a virgin, and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played The scene between Josh and Jane a wonderful, young Edie Falco quot;You need a woman not a girlquot; is hilarious real But Hartley can#39;t leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue overandover becomes frustratingly quot;artyquot; and annoying until again it becomes hilarious What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film like kids in a perpetual quot;am notquot;/quot;are tooquot; argument Hartley#39;s weaves all of a small neighborhood#39;s idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the quot;unbelievable truthquot; of the title is, yet no two people can agree including our hero on what exactly that truth is A wonderful little movie with some big ideas
