man, I almost passed this movie up, but after watching it I'm so glad I didn't. I always saw ads for it, but I just thought 'great! another stupid gangster movie with justin timberlake as a badass. I'll remember to never see this'. But then I saw many of my favorite actors in it and I decided to give it a shot.
This movie just blows my mind. I mean, its just so real (not just because its based on actual events), but because for one the performances were just so strong. Some may say that it was a little over top on them trying to be badasses. But I know people that are exactly like that so I bought that completely.
I watched the trailer and read up on the movie but never the actual events. I even heard somewhere that the kid does die, but watching the movie I just didn't buy it. I mean, I figured it'd be a grade A typical movie where regardless of how the real story ended this was going to be happy. The kid had it good, he loved it there. Even some of the kidnappers loved it there.
This story is a sad story for everyone involved, though. These kids were just looking for a way out and they chose the worst way possible. I mean, how could they possibly think it was a good idea to help them get out of trouble by killing the kid? One of the reasons they couldn't just let him go in the first place is because his brother knew and would go looking for him and they worried the boy would tell. But killing was the worst idea for one killing is just horrible and for two all of these people have already seen them with him and they told them that he was kidnapped. How could this movie just not blow your mind because of that.
I actually had tears in my eyes when they killed the kid. It was so unexpected. This is definitely a movie you should check out. The performances were so great that if I didn't know any better I would have thought I was actually watching a real life kidnapping and murder. The only thing horrible about this film is that this is based on true events.
This movie just blows my mind. I mean, its just so real (not just because its based on actual events), but because for one the performances were just so strong. Some may say that it was a little over top on them trying to be badasses. But I know people that are exactly like that so I bought that completely.
I watched the trailer and read up on the movie but never the actual events. I even heard somewhere that the kid does die, but watching the movie I just didn't buy it. I mean, I figured it'd be a grade A typical movie where regardless of how the real story ended this was going to be happy. The kid had it good, he loved it there. Even some of the kidnappers loved it there.
This story is a sad story for everyone involved, though. These kids were just looking for a way out and they chose the worst way possible. I mean, how could they possibly think it was a good idea to help them get out of trouble by killing the kid? One of the reasons they couldn't just let him go in the first place is because his brother knew and would go looking for him and they worried the boy would tell. But killing was the worst idea for one killing is just horrible and for two all of these people have already seen them with him and they told them that he was kidnapped. How could this movie just not blow your mind because of that.
I actually had tears in my eyes when they killed the kid. It was so unexpected. This is definitely a movie you should check out. The performances were so great that if I didn't know any better I would have thought I was actually watching a real life kidnapping and murder. The only thing horrible about this film is that this is based on true events.