Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Ben Affleck | ... | Joe Coughlin | |
Elle Fanning | ... | Loretta Figgis | |
Remo Girone | ... | Maso Pescatore | |
Brendan Gleeson | ... | Thomas Coughlin | |
Robert Glenister | ... | Albert White | |
Matthew Maher | ... | RD Pruitt | |
Chris Messina | ... | Dion Bartolo | |
Sienna Miller | ... | Emma Gould | |
Miguel | ... | Esteban Suarez (as Miguel J. Pimentel) | |
Zoe Saldana | ... | Graciela | |
Chris Cooper | ... | Chief Figgis | |
Titus Welliver | ... | Tim Hickey | |
Max Casella | ... | Digger Pescatore | |
Christian Clemenson | ... | Ritz Investor | |
J.D. Evermore | ... | Virgil Beauregard (as JD Evermore) |
Boston, 1926. The '20s are roaring. Liquor is flowing, bullets are flying, and one man sets out to make his mark on the world. Prohibition has given rise to an endless network of underground distilleries, speakeasies, gangsters, and corrupt cops. Joe Coughlin, the youngest son of a prominent Boston police captain, has long since turned his back on his strict and proper upbringing. Now having graduated from a childhood of petty theft to a career in the pay of the city's most fearsome mobsters, Joe enjoys the spoils, thrills, and notoriety of being an outlaw. But life on the dark side carries a heavy price. In a time when ruthless men of ambition, armed with cash, illegal booze, and guns, battle for control, no one-neither family nor friend, enemy nor lover-can be trusted. Beyond money and power, even the threat of prison, one fate seems most likely for men like Joe: an early death. But until that day, he and his friends are determined to live life to the hilt. Joe embarks on a dizzying... Written by Anonymous
"Live By Night" sees star Ben Affleck back in the director's chair for the 4th time, his previous directorial offerings being "Gone Baby Gone", "The Town", and best picture winner "Argo", and sadly, it's easily his worst. "Live By Night" boasts a wonderful cast, stunning cinematography, and enthralling action set pieces but lacks any emotional weight or an interesting story, it's your usual by the numbers gangster flick about tough guys in over-sized suits blasting each other with Tommy guns and stabbing each other in the back. "Live By Night" is not a bad film by any means but is a forgettable entry in the gangster film genre and a disappointing directorial effort from Ben Affleck.