The Devil's Own (1997)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.8/10   

Director:

Alan J. Pakula

Escritores (WGA):

Kevin Jarre (story)
David Aaron Cohen (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

26 marzo 1997 (USA)

Género:

Acción | Drama | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

One man trapped by destiny, and another bound by duty. They're about to discover what they're willing to fight, and to die for.

Plot:

A police officer uncovers the real identity of his houseguest, an IRA terrorist in hiding.

Plot Keywords:

Ireland | Murder | Police | Friendship | Northern Ireland

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Why must Hollywood meddle in things it doesn't understand?

Reparto

Harrison Ford	...	Tom O'Meara
Brad Pitt	...	Rory Devaney / Francis Austin McGuire
Margaret Colin	...	Sheila O'Meara
Rubén Blades	...	Edwin Diaz
Treat Williams	...	Billy Burke
George Hearn	...	Peter Fitzsimmons
Mitch Ryan	...	Chief Jim Kelly (as Mitchell Ryan)
Natascha McElhone	...	Megan Doherty
Paul Ronan	...	Sean Phelan
Simon Jones	...	Harry Sloan
Julia Stiles	...	Bridget O'Meara
Ashley Carin	...	Morgan O'Meara
Kelly Singer	...	Annie O'Meara
David O'Hara	...	Martin MacDuf
David Wilmot	...	Dessie

También conocida como:

La sombra del diablo (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong brutal violence, and for language.

Duración:

107 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

SDDS | Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

USA:R (certificate #34333) | Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Belgium:KT | Finland:K-16 | Germany:12 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:15 (VHS rating) (cut) | South Korea:18 (DVD rating) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | Singapore:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

Baruch College, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Compañía:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivialidades:

Average Shot Length = ~4.8 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~4.6 seconds.

Errores:

Personal o Equipo Visible: Reflected in the bottom left corner of the glass on the trawler before Frankie pops up and starts shooting.

Citas:

Rory: Don't look for a happy ending. It's not an American story. It's an Irish one.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "The Nanny: The Nose Knows (#4.15)" (1997)

Banda de Sonido:

Unchained Melody

Why must Hollywood meddle in things it doesn't understand?

I say this making no pretense at completely understanding the Irish conflict myself (you'd have to ask someone with experience of Belfast for a more authentic take on the situation), but the irresponsible way the troubles were used here as a backdrop to what is supposed entertainment staggers me. It isn't as if it needed this detail; the terrorist could have been from any unspecified organisation. In the incompetent handling of sensitive issues that the makers really have no idea of, the production team involved in this really have let themselves down. Brad Pitt realised this too late and henceforth disowned the film, a fact which made me admire and respect him even more.

For this I wanted to hate the film, and yet found myself unable to. Beneath the misbegotten attempts at 'political comment', there is a decent little thriller struggling to get out. Pitt is great as the terrorist (dodgy accent aside) and Ford is as reliable as ever in the role of the honest cop. Director Pakula keeps the story moving at all times and stages the action well. Despite all these pluses, I constantly felt uncomfortable at the ways in which the script tried to manipulate my sympathies. While it's not quite enough to make me downgrade the film on an enjoyment level, it loses big points from an ethical perspective. Shame on you Tinseltown.