![]() ![]() Berenger to play it straight, in character, to the end, they might have had an "art film" on their hands. If the powers-that-be of this film had allowed Mr. Berenger plays it eloquently (with just the proper count of sighs, groans, and moans - take this from an old guy). While I believe the role is still perhaps ten years ago for most actors, Mr. Berenger at an advanced age playing a somewhat suitable character. Berenger (Jim Reed) actually gets to carry the bulk of the movie! That's right, you only get the glammy sell-out corn near the end, and even then only for a few scenes (essentially, wherever the dialog is overpowered by the f-bomb - I'm no prude, but - come on - get a thesaurus!). ![]() The film’s antihero, Jim Reed ( Tom Berenger) is more fleshed out, but he. The villains are so expendable and dumb that they barely even register. More development of character, suspense and plot would have gone a long way toward making this stick to one’s crime genre-loving ribs. "Another Berenger sell-out." How I loved to hate him in Platoon - he is, after Gregory Peck, the greatest living Ahab (as of this writing). If only Blood and Money weren’t stretched so thin. Yeah, I know what you thought when you checked the title. ![]()
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