I really love those great b&w film noir movies from the 40s and early 50s and The Ice Harvest fits right into that category, only it is film noir in color. It stars John Cusack as a seedy lawyer ( he represents the mob, among other things) and Billy Bob Thornton as a lowlife who teams up with Cusack to rob a mob kingpin( Randy Quaid ) of 2 million. It starts slow but picks up speed as things start to go badly. There are lots of quirky characters, including Oliver Platt, a freind who just happened to marry Cusack's ex-wife, plus Connie Neilsen as a sexy nightclub owner who has more to do with things than I expected. This is not a family film. There is lots of nudity in the nightclub scenes, and things get awfully violent toward the end. This is well written, well directed ( by Harold Ramis ) and well acted, especially by Cusack, Thornton, Neilsen, Platt, and even Randy Quaid, though his part is small. These actors do a great job of breathing life onto their characters, and in the case of Cusack, you find yourself appalled at his actions, yet pulling for him to survive.
An interesting 90 odd minutes that will keep you hooked if you like the suspense/drama noir type of plot. My only wish was that it had been filmed in black and white.
:T :T :T and one half :T
An interesting 90 odd minutes that will keep you hooked if you like the suspense/drama noir type of plot. My only wish was that it had been filmed in black and white.
:T :T :T and one half :T
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