The rules of violence
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The rules of violence |
| Original title | The lookout |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
| length | 99 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 12 JMK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Scott Frank |
| script | Scott Frank |
| production |
Gary Barber , Roger Birnbaum , Walter F. Parkes |
| music | James Newton Howard |
| camera | Alar Kivilo |
| cut | Jill Savitt |
| occupation | |
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The rules of violence (Original title: The Lookout ) is an American thriller from 2007 . Scott Frank directed the film and wrote the script.
action
Chris Pratt, his girlfriend Kelly, and two other friends drive down a deserted country road in their car at night. The mood is exuberant and Pratt turns off the headlights during a reckless act. When he switched it on again, he saw an agricultural machine parked on the street immediately in front of the car. It is too late to brake and the evasive maneuver fails, resulting in an accident. The two friends die, Pratt himself suffers a serious head injury that seriously damages his short-term memory , and his girlfriend Kelly loses a leg.
Four years later, Pratt works in a bank as a cleaner. Even everyday actions become a problem due to his poor memory, and his involvement in self-help groups hardly brings any improvement. Although the court found him innocent in the death of his friends and received only a light suspended sentence, Pratt is bitter because he blames himself for the accident without qualification. He has moved from home, rarely sees his family and only receives financial support from his parents. He also has no more contact with Kelly because she has not forgiven him for the accident. The only stop is his blind roommate, Lewis, who he met at a self-help meeting and who has a sense of what's going on in Pratt.
You see four men one day watching him at work from his car. In the evening one of the men, Gary Spargo, apparently accidentally approaches him in a bar and pretends to be an old friend of Pratt's sister. He introduces Pratt to former stripper Luvlee, who obviously seems to be interested in him. Pratt, who usually has difficulty speaking to women, is drawn to her and ends up having sex with her. At the end of the evening, Spargo invites him to Thanksgiving .
Thanksgiving meal starts happily. Pratt gets to know the supposed friends Spargos and spends the day with them and Luvlee. In the evening, however, he surprises the group in the basement, where he finds plans for a bank robbery. Spargo tells him that he wants to rob Pratt's employer. Pratt is unsettled at first, but eventually agrees to participate in the robbery, as Spargo convinces him that his parents are keeping him on a short leash financially to keep him in control. Only those who have money have power and can do whatever they want in their lives. Pratt initially believes that he is doing the right thing. He is comfortable and spending time with Luvlee. Lewis, meanwhile, distrusts Pratt's new friends, which leads to the rupture, but has no inkling of their actual intentions.
On the day of the robbery, Pratt realizes that he did wrong and wants to get out. However, Spargo forces him to carry out the robbery as planned and brings him at gunpoint to lull the police officer into safety on his daily patrol. However, the latter notices that something is wrong and the situation escalates. Two of the four robbers and the policeman are killed in a shootout, Spargo shot. In the chaos, Pratt flees with the money.
The injured Spargo and Bone, the second surviving robber, take Lewis hostage to extort Pratt's handover of the money. However, Spargo confronts Spargo with his own statement: Whoever has the money has the power! Pratt turns the tables and now blackmailed the bank robbers with the money. He succeeds in forging a plan that will allow him, despite his memory problems, to overpower the bank robbers without endangering Lewis. A fight ensues in which Bone is killed by Pratt and Spargo bleeds to death.
Pratt then gives the money back and is acquitted, on the one hand because the authorities do not trust him to rob a bank due to his head injury, on the other hand because the surveillance cameras show that he was forced to participate in the robbery. He and Lewis open a restaurant together and thus realize a long-planned idea. Pratt looks to the future with confidence and hopes that one day, when he can finally forgive himself, maybe others could forgive him too.
Reviews
Richard Roeper wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on March 30, 2007 that he would remember the film - like Reservoir Dogs or Memento - for the rest of his life. It is an “accomplished work of art” by Scott Frank, who is making his debut as a director and who wrote the “perfect” script. The portrayal of Joseph Gordon-Levitt secured him a place among the best young American actors.
Cinema magazine wrote that the film was a "fine, little thriller with a sensational cast". Joseph Gordon-Levitt is the "worthy successor" of Humphrey Bogart . The “great” camera work and the “smart” script were also praised.
The lexicon of international films judges: "The well-composed thriller, reminiscent of film noir traditions, unfolds its tension calmly and coherently and with its outstanding actors proves to be a moving character study."
Awards
The Satellite Awards 2007 was The Lookout in five categories nominated, including in the category Best Drama , Supporting Actor Jeff Daniels and screenwriter. The film was also nominated for the 2007 Artios of the Casting Society of America .
In 2008 the film received the Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Film . In addition, the script was nominated for the 2008 Edgar Allan Poe Award .
backgrounds
The film was in Hartney ( Manitoba ) and Winnipeg rotated. Its production amounted to an estimated 16 million US dollars . The film had its world premiere on March 9, 2007 at the Austin SXSW Film Fest ; its widespread release in US theaters began on March 30, 2007. There he made about $ 4.6 million.
Web links
- The Lookout in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Lookout at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- The Lookout at Metacritic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for The rules of violence . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2007 (PDF; test number: 111 048 K).
- ↑ Age rating for The rules of violence . Youth Media Commission .
- ^ Film review by Richard Roeper ( Memento April 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), March 30, 2007.
- ↑ Cinema, accessed on September 10, 2007 ( Memento of the original from October 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Journal film-dienst and Catholic Film Commission for Germany (eds.), Horst Peter Koll and Hans Messias (ed.): Lexikon des Internationale Films - Filmjahr 2007 . Schüren Verlag, Marburg 2008. ISBN 978-3-89472-624-9
- ↑ Filming locations for The Lookout, accessed on September 10, 2007 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Box office / business for The Lookout, accessed on September 10, 2007 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Premiere dates for The Lookout, accessed on September 10, 2007 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
