Rated R for Language and Violence
Starring Robert DeNiro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron, John D'Leo, Tommy Lee Jones
Directed and written by Luc Besson
The Story:
Fred Blake (DeNiro) and his family (Pfeiffer, Agron and D'Leo) are a Mafia family in witness protection who keep getting relocated by Agent Stansfield (Jones) because the Mafia is gunning (literally!) for them. But while you can take the family out of New York and into a sleepy French town, they don't exactly leave their instincts behind with how they deal with problems. As Fred begins penning his memoirs, the family he snitched on is closing in on finding their location.
Another little gem from Besson, but it starts off a little slower than many of his films.
However, it remains infinitely watchable throughout, and DeNiro plays a mob guy better than pretty much anyone at this point in his career.
Don't get me started on how surreal it becomes late in the film when he attends a screening of Goodfellas to comment on how realistic that movie is.
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Stroke of genius.
As I've mentioned previously, it's great to see Pfeiffer back on the screen. It seems like years went by with nothing from her, and suddenly she's popping up all over the place. She's a great actress, and it's great to have her back.
Tommy Lee Jones is great, as always, if a bit underused in the film.
However, I am thankful that they didn't use the tried and true Agent is a snitch angle and kept him on the straight and narrow trying to protect his assignment.
While I cannot condone the methods that Frank and his family use for solving problems, many of them would actually cause stress levels to drop and customer satisfaction to rise if they were practices used by everyday consumers.
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Final Grade: C+/B- area
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: Not a purchase, but I could watch it again in the future with no problem.
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