Synopsis: Adolescent gets drawn into crime, and even the love of a good woman can't save him
Director: James Foley
Actors: Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Mary Stuart Masterson
Date: 1985
How viewed: Lovefilm
Rating: 2/5
David Meyer says:
He [Foley] shows the frustrations such a modern pastoral life produces and the violence that can provide the only relief
I say:
Another true story, of a dysfunctional family in rural Pennsylvania. Brad Jr (Penn) is drifting through his adolescence when his father (Walken) turns up, and Brad Jr is seduced by his money and fast cars. He joins his father's tractor stealing (that's what you do in rural Pennsylvania!!) gang, but after a while it goes pear-shaped and a lot of people end up dead. It's pretty predictable stuff (though somewhat scary given that it actually happened), and it's difficult to have much sympathy with Penn (perhaps there's not enough back-story). Walken, as always, even at this stage of his career, is charmingly terrifying (even with bizarre hair and a moustache!), and the cast includes Tracey Walter (about as different from his character in Repo Man (one of my favourite films) as is possible), and Keifer Sutherland (who I hadn't noticed until the last couple of minutes) who, when you see him, makes you suddenly think 'blimey what's Jack Bauer doing there???'
He [Foley] shows the frustrations such a modern pastoral life produces and the violence that can provide the only relief
I say:
Another true story, of a dysfunctional family in rural Pennsylvania. Brad Jr (Penn) is drifting through his adolescence when his father (Walken) turns up, and Brad Jr is seduced by his money and fast cars. He joins his father's tractor stealing (that's what you do in rural Pennsylvania!!) gang, but after a while it goes pear-shaped and a lot of people end up dead. It's pretty predictable stuff (though somewhat scary given that it actually happened), and it's difficult to have much sympathy with Penn (perhaps there's not enough back-story). Walken, as always, even at this stage of his career, is charmingly terrifying (even with bizarre hair and a moustache!), and the cast includes Tracey Walter (about as different from his character in Repo Man (one of my favourite films) as is possible), and Keifer Sutherland (who I hadn't noticed until the last couple of minutes) who, when you see him, makes you suddenly think 'blimey what's Jack Bauer doing there???'
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