With all severity
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | With all severity |
| Original title | Once in the life |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2000 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Laurence Fishburne |
| script | Laurence Fishburne |
| production | Laurence Fishburne, David L. Bushell , Helen Sugland |
| music | Branford Marsalis |
| camera | Richard Turner |
| cut | Bill Pankow |
| occupation | |
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With all hardness (original title: Once in the Life ) is an American gangster thriller from 2000.
action
The two half-brothers Billy and Mike meet again after a long time in prison and then try to get a couple of teenage drug couriers to get their goods, 4 kg of heroin . A business faked in a hotel room ends in a shootout. Billy loses his nerve and kills the drug couriers, but is injured in one hand himself. The two half-brothers flee and hide in a dilapidated house. Mike contacts his longtime prison mate Tony and asks him to come over to help them. Tony appears but, to the displeasure of Mike, is suspiciously pinned by Billy. For a long time it remains unclear how the three men relate to each other. When Billy was questioned again, it turns out that Tony had contact with the boss of the drug couriers who were shot in the hotel room. But this one asserts that it has long since dropped out. Billy's injury causes problems as does his heroin addiction. After a syringe that Tony prepared for him at his request, Billy collapses in a comatose manner. The film leaves open whether Tony had any influence on this. Because in the interludes it became clear that Tony, contrary to his assurances, not only works with the drug boss Manny, but also has the task of killing the two drug thieves. And so Mike is shot dead by Tony in the end and the house is set on fire. The gang boss Manny over the phone signals his satisfaction to Tony.
criticism
Over 1000 users of the Rotten Tomatoes site give the film an average score of 3.1 out of 5 points.
The lexicon of international films judges: "A gangster film that is traditional in its basic structure, which stands out due to its slow narrative pace and focuses on topics such as friendship and loyalty."
Web links
- With full force in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Once in the Life at rottentomatoes.com
- ↑ With all severity. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 24, 2017 .