The Drop (2014)

Acting were fine as the story demands. But the story was just slow, simple and little tense. I'd blame the story for giving low rating. Story could have been better with some twist. Moreover, I find some scene were useless and boring just the make the movie long. People need patience to watch the whole movie. Movie starts slow and get tense 20 mins before ending. I'd not recommend it because watching it is like waste time you know you are wasting your time but at the end when movies is finished you wished u could have watched any other instead of this.

Bob (Tom Hardy) tends bar for his cousin Marv (James Gandolfini). He is slow to speak and appears to be a bit of a dim wit. This isn't just any Brooklyn bar, but a drop bar for Chechnya mobsters. Money made at night from drugs, gambling and prostitution get dropped off at a random bar, sometimes this bar. One night the bar gets robbed, which happened to be a drop night. This leads to a plot that twists and gets deep, with clues and a puppy thrown in. Swedish born Noomi Rapace seemed right at home with a Brooklyn accent.The film is a low action crime drama and a mystery that you didn't know was a mystery.Good performances to create drab characters. Not a film for those who like a lot of action with larger than life characters making instant catch phrases.Parental Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity.

The DropThe strength of the feature lies upon its mild yet powerful drama where even though it is back drop upon this massive gangster street genre, it still seeks for its little moments that gives the appropriate depth to its amusing characters. Michael R. Roskam's brilliant execution surpasses its genuinely moving script that even though never gets big enough for screen, is still effective. Tom Hardy has done some decent work along with Noomi Rapace and James Gandolfini on his supporting side. The Drop stands alone in terms of its unpredictable plot line and the amusing bits installed in characters that helps them bond and communicate easily with the audience.

Time will tell, but the Drop certainly has the makings of a crime film classic. Firstly there's the beautifully well-crafted script by the writer Dennis Lehane, this time set in Brooklyn of recent past instead of his beloved Boston. The setting is so believable you can breath it. The characters are all people of the hood just trying variously to cope with the times and circumstances. None of them a rocket scientist really, just everyday people. One of the main characters we never see, because he has gone missing probably dead years ago. Yet people keep talking about him and the viewer realizes that this past mystery may be the key to what's going on. Normally there would be a flashback somewhere to show what happened to the guy, but this film uses no such devices. There is a strong financial incentive to break the laws of the street, as the title the Drop suggests, but the Chechen mafia in power seems to know or find out everything and will deliver punishment to those who are stupid enough to think they can fool the mob. The dialogue is sparse. Slips of tongue can be and are dangerous. The characters communicate with hints and facial expressions. It is the viewer who has to connect the puzzle pieces Lehane keeps slowly handing out throughout the film. After all, none of the characters are exactly law-abiding so it's not obvious all the time which crime is the real mystery. The Belgian director Michaël R. Roskam appears to me as a master of getting subdued yet nuanced performances from his actors. One of which, Matthias Schoenaerts whom Roskam brought with him from Belgium, does a very threatening bad guy indeed. There are some more Europeans. Noomi Rapace from Sweden is great as the fragile and secretive beauty of the film. Tom Hardy has the enigmatic lead role for which he has been appropriately praised. He's so Brooklyn here that I completely forgot he's from England. James Gandolfini is great in his final role of the greediest barkeeper ever. There are many reminders of film noir and the Hitchcock way of surprising the audience time and again. The cinematography is very old school, no car chases or martial arts. Were there any aerial shots? - I don't think so! In this film, the atmosphere is so tight that such things would have been mere distractions. I do think this will be seen as a classic!