IMDB Rating: 5.70, 4961 votes |
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There's a serial bomber loose in Boston, and he has killed Blanket, a member of Boston's bomb squad and the best friend of explosives expert Jimmy Dove. Dove has just retired from the bomb squad to marry a violinist named Kate, who has an 11-year-old daughter named Elizabeth. Haunted by grisly flashbacks, Dove soon figures out the identity of the bomber -- Irish explosives expert Ryan Gaerity, a man who is so radical in his views that even the IRA wants nothing to do with him. Gaerity has escaped from the maximum security Castle Gleigh prison in Ireland, using a bomb made from ingredients that include blood, wool, and a porcelain toilet. Gaerity has fled to Boston, where he saw Dove, who had just disarmed a bomb planted in the Harvard computer lab, painted as a reluctant hero on TV. Gaerity was furious: it's because of Dove that he's spent years in prison. Dove was born Liam McGivney, and he used to be a naive Irish patriot. Gaerity recruited him and taught him to build bombs, and Gaerity conceived a terrorist plan that went terribly wrong. Liam helped Gaerity build a bomb, then he realized that Gaerity intended to detonate it on a crowded street. Liam tried to stop Gaerity from detonating the bomb, but bomb device went off, killing a lot of people, including Gaerity's sister. Liam escaped from Ireland and made his way to America, where he changed his name to Jimmy Dove. Gaerity was arrested, tried, and imprisoned until his escape. Gaerity, who has now taken up residence in an abandoned gambling ship called the Dolphin, has decided to get revenge on Dove, and Gaerity started terrorizing the bomb squad by killing Blanket. Now, Dove is the only one who can stop Gaerity.Actors
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14 Comments
Nothing I’d see twice, but not bad.
Bad pacing. Everything else is done well, it’s just not interesting.
Very sad ending. Makes you feel sorry for criminals
Uninteresting life story told in an uninteresting manner
expected more
cruz is so utterly unconvincing
deep sounded like he was still in Fear and Loathing.
Entertaining docudrama.
That penelope chick crackwhore slutbag is annoying; even though her character is supposed to be annoying, she annoys beyond that.
Otherwise pretty cool story I thought..
A wild & energetic ride into the fast-paced & risky business of drug smuggling.
Johnny Depp is great, Penelope is another story. Still a great movie.
Did not live up to expectations, was entertaining.
If your into scareface, goodfellas, you need to see this movie. Less on violence more on drug traffic industry. It was entertaining.
thoroughly entertained
The more i see Depp the more I like his work, I might even rent scissorhands now
Johnny Depp’s acting was worth it but the story left much to be desired.
Like the title says, its "Worth Seeing"
this movie had more holes in it…
this movie got lost somewhere along the line, and never quite recovered. maybe the filmakers got involved with their subject matter (just kidding).
anyway, what could have been a good "Scarface" re-do, turns into something even short of that old tired film. it pains me to say this , as i am totally commited to Johnny Depp, in other words, i love him….he has always been one to take chances….i e
"Dead Man"…but this time, well, this time, even Mr. Depp can’t save this mess.