***1/2 – I have never exactly been renowned for being able to guess the killer in a murder mystery, or guess the plot twist in a movie with a plot twist in it. “The Sixth Sense”; I had no idea that Bruce Willis was dead. “The Usual Suspects”; I had no idea that Kevin Spacey was Keyser Soze. However, with 2003’s “Mystic River” I knew exactly who did what and who didn’t do what about 30 minutes into this two and a half hour film. But that is pretty much the only knock that I can give this movie. It is nicely shot, directed pretty well by Dirty Harry, features an all-star cast (including Tim Robbins, Sean Penn, Kevin Bacon and Laurence Fishburne), and even managed to keep my interest despite the fact that I was pretty sure I knew what was going to happen from very early on. That being said, this movie wasn’t really what I expected. For whatever reason - because the word ‘mystic’ is in the title, I presume – I went into this movie thinking that this was going to have some sort of supernatural element to it. I was somewhat surprised to find out that the film is not supernatural at all, and is actually named after the river in Massachusetts where Sean Penn dumps the bodies of the guys he kills. Oh well. It was still a pretty good flick.
Mystic River
***1/2 – I have never exactly been renowned for being able to guess the killer in a murder mystery, or guess the plot twist in a movie with a plot twist in it. “The Sixth Sense”; I had no idea that Bruce Willis was dead. “The Usual Suspects”; I had no idea that Kevin Spacey was Keyser Soze. However, with 2003’s “Mystic River” I knew exactly who did what and who didn’t do what about 30 minutes into this two and a half hour film. But that is pretty much the only knock that I can give this movie. It is nicely shot, directed pretty well by Dirty Harry, features an all-star cast (including Tim Robbins, Sean Penn, Kevin Bacon and Laurence Fishburne), and even managed to keep my interest despite the fact that I was pretty sure I knew what was going to happen from very early on. That being said, this movie wasn’t really what I expected. For whatever reason - because the word ‘mystic’ is in the title, I presume – I went into this movie thinking that this was going to have some sort of supernatural element to it. I was somewhat surprised to find out that the film is not supernatural at all, and is actually named after the river in Massachusetts where Sean Penn dumps the bodies of the guys he kills. Oh well. It was still a pretty good flick.
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