The Son of No One

2011 "Serve. Protect. Lie."
5.1| 1h30m| R| en
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A rookie cop is assigned to the 118 Precinct in the same district where he grew up. The Precinct Captain starts receiving letters about two unsolved murders that happened many years ago in the housing projects when the rookie cop was just a kid. These letters bring back bad memories and old secrets that begin to threaten his career and break up his family.

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Ploydsge just watch it!
Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.
Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible
Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
OJT I love police thrillers, and find films about police corruption often intriguing. The supposed- to-be good guys and our protectors having bad sides, going badder as closer to their secrets you get. I quite liked the start of this one. The first minutes are mildly and annoyingly confusing, but then the film gets interesting. The book, which is written by the director, has an interesting plot. But somehow the storytelling fails along the way.I think Ray Liotta and Al Pacino is very good here, as almost always. Channing Tatum is supposed to be bottled up, and plays like it. Juliette Binoche, Katie Hlmes, all make a good job. But then they are all great actors.It's not tat it's slow paced. I really din't mind, as long as acting is good. But it's obvious that this script should have been sharpened quite a lot. When the nerve s on top, the movie fails to prevail. I think, as often is case, that a writer should get another's help when bringing a book or a script to screen. The direction is OK, but the storytelling is lacking. This might be due to a writer knowing his stuff and manuscript all too well, and taking the wrong decisions when to get it on screen.So after 1 hour and 20 minutes, the film stumbles finally. Too many flashbacks, and the twists comes out lame.
Bene Cumb The best part of the movie is the cast: both adults and children are great , although it seems to me Channing Tatum has had better roles than this. I liked most Al Pacino as Detective Stanford and Jake Cherry as young Jonathan "Milk" White, but the others were also equal to their task. Directing and especially plot leave a lot to be desired. Background obsessing/pestering is always there, but some turns are strange and illogical. The solution scene is good (although nothing special), but the very ending is rather disappointing. When the credits appeared I just realized that I had seen another oppressive movie with the aim to let the viewers ponder upon guilt, forgiveness, remorse and other differently perceived feelings.
phd_travel What a waste of a top notch cast. Al Pacino, Ray Liotta, Katie Holmes, Channing Tatum and Juliette Binoche. I can understand why they chose to be in a movie together. What could go wrong? Plenty. The screenplay is terrible. The movie could have been watchable and quite involving if the story had been told in a more traditional chronological fashion with less jumping back and forth in time. Unfortunately it's a messy jigsaw puzzle that breaks up the impact. Key plot is revealed through quick mumblings and incomprehensible dialog that is lost in the expletives. The direction isn't clear. All impact is lost.Channing has been uglied up and looks suitably serious and a bit puffy - quite realistic. Katie looks tired and worried. Al looks like he waltzed in from another movie. Ray Liotta is a bit puffy too. Juliette is a bit hard to understand.Give this one a miss. It's just terrible.The movie is unpleasant set among the tenements and full of ugly images and words.
nickcevoli I won't give away spoilers. Let me just say this: The acting is good, the actors are good. So, why 2 out of 10? Well, the storyline, and plot, and the layout of the movie ruin the film. Tracy Morgan does a good job at his role. So do the main actors.Okay, one problem is the plot is silly and not realistic. When you watch the movie and see what happens because of the plot, you will just say to yourself "who in real life would care?".The next problem, things are not always explained and the movie is boring and slow, but when things happen and you have to think about why they are happening, that is not enjoyable. For example, at one point, something unexpected happens while a main character is in a jeep making a phone call. Nothing is explained and it makes no sense, why did it need to happen? Last problem, moving from flashback to present time every five minutes! Literally, every five minutes they reveal the past a little bit and then go to present time. Nothing fits 100% until you get towards the very end of the movie. At one point, there is a flashback of a main character in a hospital, why is he there? I don't know. Who put him there? Not sure. What is going on during that time? I don't know. I have no idea, and further scenes don't seem to shed light on the previous situation.This movie sucks, period.