Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Martin Brest
Seeing this film you realize once again that Al Pacino is irreplaceable. No surprise he won an Oscar.
Martin Brest has done a very good job as the director, but this film is Pacino.
Pacino impresses all through the movie. He is successful in inspiring awe, compassion, likeness, respect and love, all at the same time. Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, the blind protagonist played by Pacino, is a rare personality whose life changes when he comes across a brilliant, honest and otherwise average young man Charles Simms played by Chris O’Donnell who is also sufficiently fitting for the character.
The dialogs uttered by Col. Slade that would have been average with any other actor become legendary with Al Pacino. His eyes convey the desire to see all along, a very subtle thing to express and at the same time they make you feel that you are safe only because they cannot see you.
The climax in the emotional sense is what an action film’s climax would be in the physical sense. You thank God for Col. Slade’s coming to the rescue of young Charlie and young Charlie’s coming to the rescue of blind and lonely Col. Slade.
The scene with the Ferrari is entertaining. And the dance sequence is very impressive. It is a brilliant decision to select Tango over other dance forms as it is doesn’t fail to express the passion, the energy and the sorrow at the same time.
An acting masterpiece.
A1++ grade acting, no doubt. A master-class in performance. More than craft, and more that technique, it is the love for the work that comes across from Pacino
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