Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Brighton Rock

Why is it that so many new movies are rehashes of old ones. In this case, the original Brighton Rock came out in the '40s, and the new one last year.

The story is (apparently) much the same as the last movie, and set around a key character Pinkie, who has recently taken over leadership of a gang in Brighton.

His newfound leadership starts just after the start of the film, as the original gang leader, Kite is murdered in cold blood. Soon, Pinkie returns an eye for an eye, and Fred, the murderer is murdered.

Unfortunately, Rose, a naive waitress happens to know just a little too much to be good. Pinkie takes more and more control over the poor girl's life during as the story goes on, and his gang leader life starts to unravel.

The story doesn't end nicely, but explores themes of crime and redemption very well. 8/10.

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