Starring seth macfarlane, charlize theron, liam neeson, neil patrick harris, amanda seyfried, and sarah silverman. Ashby directs these bits of business with nofuss finesse. Then the mysterious anna rides into town and captures alberts interest and heart, but with her deadly husband in town, albert is going to have to become the western gunslinging hero he never was. With jeff bridges, rosanna arquette, alexandra paul, randy brooks. Considering the major talents involved here, one would expect to find something more than a runofthemill crime thriller. Alexandra paul, andy garcia, jeff bridges, randy brooks, rosanna arquette.
When she is found dead, he vows to take down the man responsible. After a cowardly sheep farmer giovanni ribisi backs out of a gunfight, his fickle. Scudder is a detective with the sheriffs department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. Starring jeff bridges, rosanna arquette, andy garcia, alexandra paul. The film features an ensemble cast including macfarlane, charlize theron, amanda seyfried, neil patrick harris, giovanni ribisi, sarah silverman, and liam neeson. The film follows albert stark macfarlane, a cowardly frontiersman who. This crime thriller follows an excop who befriends a young prostitute. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his drinking problem and this alcoholism causes him to lose his job, as well as his marriage. Rating based on the lawrence block book, the follows matthew scudder jeff bridges, an excop turned private detective who struggles with alcoholism, which gets him fired, divorced, and distanced from his daughter. If you are a bridges fan then you will see this as one of his best films, along side true grit. Jeff bridges plays matt scudder, a down on his luck detective who is suspended.
Yet despite that impressive array of talent behind the camera, the film, minus the frequent fourletter words and occasional nudity, could be a typical episode of miami vice. The film also features a screenplay cowritten by oliver stone, right at the point where his directing career was taking off with the likes of platoon and wall street. With ashby, bridges, arquette and a script cowritten by oliver stone, you expect the result to be better than a long drawnout episode. Reviewed in the united kingdom on 28 february 2012. It never ceases to amaze me about how many good movies are only on vhs while crappy films get bluray treatment. Part of 8 pages of info for the 1986 movie from the award winning 80s movies rewind. Jeff bridges plays matthew scudder, a burned out cop whose life goes to shambles after a raid goes wrong. Its hard to believe that a movie that combines the talents of jeff bridges, andy garcia, hal ashby, oliver. It was ashbys final film, and the first attempt to adapt the matthew scudder detective stories of lawrence block for the screen. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comic con new york comic con sundance toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events celebs born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. Death comes to all except those who deserve it most scudder is a detective with the sheriffs department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid.
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