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(drama)
A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister he lives with when she becomes involved romantically with the army buddy who reminds him of the tragic battle they both survived.
actors:
| Robert De Niro | as Joseph 'Jacknife' Megessey |
| Kathy Baker | as Martha Flannigan |
| Ed Harris | as David 'High School' Flannigan |
| Sloane Shelton | as Shirley |
| Ivar Brogger | as Depot Mechanic |
| Michael Arkin | as Dispatcher |
| Tom Isbell | as Bobby 'Red Sox' Buckman |
| Kirk Taylor | as Helicopter Gunner |
| Jordan Lund | as Tiny |
| Charles S. Dutton | as Veteran Encounter Group Leader Jake |
| Bruce Ramsay | as Corridor Student |
| Jessalyn Gilsig | as His Girlfriend |
| George Gerdes | as Tony |
| Josh Pais | as Rick |
| Lois Dellar | as Cocktail Waitress |
David Hugh Jones
rating:6.30
Jacknife war is a film that is almost as far from war as
obtain films of war. It can be classified as a war film, because the only
so that any war has an effect on the story or the characters is in their
memories of her, and even those who almost never shown. It was very
raises interesting questions about life, especially in the way the film
said the slogan that only one of them is really alive (and by the way, even though the motto is
deals only with Dave (Ed Harris) and Megan (Robert DeNiro),
is talk of three of the characters in the movie). Dave and Megan
were friends in the Vietnam War, megs and has returned to take Dave
out on a fishing trip who have been planning a lot longer than you might have guessed
.
DeNiro provides a perfect performance of the character of megabytes, what we are
not sure if we really want or if it really is as nuts as Martha
thinks it is. Dave remembers Martha repeatedly megs is not his friend,
only someone who knows. There is a great scene early in the movie where megs
ha ido to grab a pack of six beers in his car for breakfast, and he
is just around the corner of the room when Dave said. Megas
pause for a moment and then proceeds to a room with a smile and a big welcome. This
is not until later that you realize how megs must have felt when he heard
who, having been the one to recall what they had planned to do in this
day. This reminds me of the fakeness of the old, `Sure, let's do that 'thing
by what people often say to each other, never have any plans to do any such thing
.
Ed Harris offers a magnificent performance as Dave, who never received more than
effects that the war had on him. Even so many years later,
has failed to get over the death of a friend during the war, blaming himself for this day for
drowning and, therefore, their lives in alcohol, cigarettes , And
loneliness. All they want, he says, is that people leave him alone.
This is not a man who lives his life the way he wants, if people really
leave him alone or not, he is a man trying to forget that he is alive, to separate themselves
from the same world of life as much as possible.
His sister Martha reminds me of myself, at least in terms of my room.
I have two floors that are 21 and 24 years, and both acted as
still living with their mothers, waiting for their messes only disappears when
leave the courtroom for a while. One in particular (the oldest, unfortunately),
has absolutely no idea how to care for himself, I'm surprised I do not have to clean
his chin while he eats. Martha has to do much the same for
her brother, she hopes in the hands and feet while he overcomes through life
a hangover to the next. Martha and Dave are trapped in a stagnant life and
none of them can leave it until something significant changes, and Dave is
which has to make the change.
I tend to complain about romance movies in which not only belong
about as much as Roger Ebert complains about the pathetic little tension
devices, the red digital readout. But in this case, I do not think the
romance that develops between megs and Martha had any negative effect on
rest of the film. On the contrary, what he did much more interesting,
because it was not foreseeable. The problem with romantic subplots in
Bruckheimer and whatnot is that films are so predictable that you just
wait for the apparent end to come and I hope that something interesting happens
along the way . In this case, however, is not so obvious that something is going to happen between
megs and Martha, because we do not know enough about
Megas. Martha could be right about it, which is one of Dave's crazy war
friends and that he is not the kind of man who should leave. Dave
certainly encourages this idea.
(spoilers)
A couple of years after this movie, DeNiro did Cape Fear, where he plays a deranged criminal
for revenge against the lawyer that he landed at the
prison, a character who, in retrospect, makes it very easy to think that
perhaps at the end of Jacknife Martha realizes his mistake, gets rid of megs,
and she and Dave do it saved its ugly
a relationship and then he decides to clean up its act, because what he has done something good for her
. I was half expecting this to happen, so it was pleasantly surprised when Martha
megs and liquidation together and even more pleasantly surprised when Dave
megs asks all the questions about what they had planned after fazer the war was over.
Sometimes it is a drama in slow motion, but it is entertaining Jacknife along the
shape and has a great reward in the end, it manages to be surprisingly sappy
without being affected. There are almost too much emotion at the end of the
film that barely fits with the rest of the film, but it is so good that
is not anything silly that the film has done up to that point
. Everyone involved gives a magnificent performance, and
is one of those rare films that almost makes you want to stand up and shake their fists
victoriously in the air.
Jacknife is a masterpiece of the 80's. It is a movie that breathes
acting through very interesting and surprising touch directing. In
Jacknife both lovers of European and American film can find things that
relate. The script is very precise and full of beautiful
characters. Ed Harris is giving one of the biggest shows up
date. The hero represents their alcoholic magnificently makes us feel
his broken heart in every line, every move. Robert De Niro makes us once again
think of him as one of the greatest players of all time in one of the simplest
but also more realistic performances in his career. Jacknife
is never very boring because shows his clear heroes typical of any
Hollywood's character typical elements. After the war is not a hero.
Everyone is a loser, and this movie is about this simple truth. None
can amend their works until after a war, like the heroes of this film.
Jacknife is on diseases of the soul that war creates. Simply
magnificent film.
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See also: Robert De Niro in Bridge of San Luis Rey, The
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