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 Barnes & Noble A melancholy, morally ambiguous study in blue-collar venality, The Yards demonstrates the nature of corruption and its cancerous effect on people who imagine themselves decent. Mark Wahlberg is chilling in the pivotal role of Leo Handler, a young, poorly educated ex-con who needs money to support his sickly mother (Ellen Burstyn). His uncle Frank (James Caan), who runs a business repairing New York City subway trains, wants to help out, and Leo winds up working with his shady best friend, Willie (Joaquin Phoenix), a facilitator around the yards. When a yardmaster is murdered, Leo is implicated, and the laws vise begins to tighten. Director and co-writer James Gray (Little Odessa)whose own father figured in a racketeering scandal, knows intimately the system hes depicting: His characters engage in a conspiracy of silence, tempted to betray each other only by their instinct for self-preservation. They live in a dour, morose world, visualized by Gray in burnished ocher images. Burstyn, Faye Dunaway, and Charlize Theron are exceptional as the women in Leos life, each resigned to her increasingly desperate position in his shadowy existence. The Yards is neither a vibrant crime film nor a simplistic morality play: It is a stark, realistic, occasionally poignant drama whose characters will etch themselves into your memory. Ed Hulse Interested in the song lyrics? - Check out themostlyrics.com! Looking For A DVD? - Check out dvd-a-rama.com! |
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