Academy Awards, USA 2008
| Nominee Oscar | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Amy Ryan |
Miramax
Directed by Ben Affleck
My rating: 3.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Lionsgate)
Inexperienced private investigator Casey Affleck and his partner/girlfriend Michelle Monaghan are hired to find a kidnapped girl in Boston. His familiarity with the neighborhood and some of its seedy residents puts him ahead of the police, and clues soon lead to a Haitian drug dealer named "Cheese". The police arrange an exchange for the girl at a remote rock quarry, but it goes wrong and the girl is assumed to have been killed. A few months later, another boy goes missing and Affleck leads the police to the house where he is being held. Affleck ends up killing the abductor in cold blood. The police offer solace instead of arresting him, but their story doesn't quite add up. Affleck suspects they may have been involved in the original kidnapping of the girl and sets in motion a plan to find her. Engrossing story populated by sleazy characters and set in some very depressing urban locales in and around Boston. Auspicious directorial debut by Ben Affleck, who also scripted.
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