Finished watching Live By Night, Staring director Ben Affleck, Remo Girone, Robert Glenister, Sienna Miller, Brendan Gleeson. The film opens with small time thief Joe Coughlin (Ben Affleck) who's making a name for himself within the criminal world of Boston. One day the boss of the Italian Mafia Maso Pescatore (Remo Girone) finds out about Joe's relationship with rival gangster Albert White's (Robert Glenister) girlfriend Emma Gould (Sienna Miller) and uses the information to try and get Joe to kill Albert. Not warming to this idea Joe plans to run away with Emma without any bloodshed only for a bank robbery to go horribly for him when a policeman is killed in pursuit. When the police finally catch up with Joe, he is sent to prison on a suspended sentence after his father the police captain Thomas Coughlin (Brendan Gleeson) pulls a few strings. Once out of prison Joe finds out that his farther and Emma have died during his sentence and is shortly recruited by Maso to over see his assents in Florida which are under threat by Albert, who Joe has a vendetta against after he was the reason he went to jail and Joe blames him for the death of Emma. Overall this was a good film as it dives into the world of prohibition America through the eyes of Joe Coughin who goes form being a small time thief to having a major role within the mafia which makes the story very personal with how different events affect Joe's life. The narration parts of the film is great addition as it allows for Joe to tell what has happened during different time jumps helps to continue the story without having to dwell to much on things that have transpired within the time jump. The (asterisk)of prohibition America is brought to life extremely well as the costume department and set designers do a great job in bringing this world to life. 7/10.
Friday 20 January 2017
Live By Night Film Review
Finished watching Live By Night, Staring director Ben Affleck, Remo Girone, Robert Glenister, Sienna Miller, Brendan Gleeson. The film opens with small time thief Joe Coughlin (Ben Affleck) who's making a name for himself within the criminal world of Boston. One day the boss of the Italian Mafia Maso Pescatore (Remo Girone) finds out about Joe's relationship with rival gangster Albert White's (Robert Glenister) girlfriend Emma Gould (Sienna Miller) and uses the information to try and get Joe to kill Albert. Not warming to this idea Joe plans to run away with Emma without any bloodshed only for a bank robbery to go horribly for him when a policeman is killed in pursuit. When the police finally catch up with Joe, he is sent to prison on a suspended sentence after his father the police captain Thomas Coughlin (Brendan Gleeson) pulls a few strings. Once out of prison Joe finds out that his farther and Emma have died during his sentence and is shortly recruited by Maso to over see his assents in Florida which are under threat by Albert, who Joe has a vendetta against after he was the reason he went to jail and Joe blames him for the death of Emma. Overall this was a good film as it dives into the world of prohibition America through the eyes of Joe Coughin who goes form being a small time thief to having a major role within the mafia which makes the story very personal with how different events affect Joe's life. The narration parts of the film is great addition as it allows for Joe to tell what has happened during different time jumps helps to continue the story without having to dwell to much on things that have transpired within the time jump. The (asterisk)of prohibition America is brought to life extremely well as the costume department and set designers do a great job in bringing this world to life. 7/10.
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