Sin (2003/I)

Director:

Michael Stevens

Writer:

Tim Willocks (writer)

Release Date:

6 February 2004 (France)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Never Forgive. Never Forget.

Plot:

When his sister is brutally raped, an ex-cop goes after a mysterious man from his past.

Plot Keywords:

Retired Cop | Revenge | Kidnapping | False Accusation | Junkie

Cast

Gary Oldman	...	Charlie Strom
Ving Rhames	...	Eddie Burns
Kerry Washington	...	Kassie
Alicia Coppola	...	Bella
Bill Sage	...	Cal Brody
Chris Spencer	...	Vincent Peavey
Gregg Henry	...	Conrad
Arie Verveen	...	Marty
Brian Cox	...	Captain Oakes
Daniel Dae Kim	...	Lakorn
James Lew	...	Leo Thamaree
Woon Young Park	...	Chaviat
Jeremiah Birkett	...	Wayne
Ray Porter	...	Jeff
Briana Banks	...	Blonde Adult Actress

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, a rape, language, drug and sexual content.

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Denmark:15 | Germany:18 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | Philippines:R-18

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Singular Pictures

Goofs:

Continuity: When Kassie draws a circle on the mirror with her lipstick the circle changes shape between shots.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Eddie Burns: [quoting the opening and closing lines of John Donne's sonnet "Death Be Not Proud"] Death be not proud, though some have called thee / Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;... One short sleep past, we wake eternally, / And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.

Movie Connections:

References On the Waterfront (1954)

No thumbs up for this one...

I watched this movie for two reasons; The amazing Gary Oldman and for the music by Michael Giacchino of whom I'm a fan ever since his "Medal of Honor" scores. The movie was not completely a waste of time but it also was far from good.

Man to blame is I think director Michael Stevens, you can tell by looking at this movie that he is just too unexperienced. There are some well executed sequences but there are way more scene's that are just poorly done also due to some weird and dumb camera positions and some poor editing. Michael Stevens tries to impress the viewer with some shots of nature, it only works distracting and doesn't do much good to the pace. Maybe he should consider a career as documentary maker?

The story is also quite a problem. It takes a while before you understand what the movie is all about. Once you pick up the story the movie is actually not bad, it's just that it has been done about a hundred times before.

Ving Rhames tries but he just ain't no good leading actor, I liked his costume but that's about all the positive I can say. Gary Oldman is in his element as psychopathic villain. He played a lot of roles like this before but in his case you just never get tired of it. Brian Cox is also excellent in a small supporting role. And keep an eye on Arie Verveen, I expect great things for him in the future.

If you can ignore the bad dialog, story, plot-holes and directing you'll see that there is some good in this movie and that it is a watchable one that is fairly entertaining as an action movie but not a must see in any way.

5/10