Language: English
1995
Running time: 1hr 59min
From IMDb:
A Vietnam vet adjusts to life after the war while trying to support his family, but the chance of a better life may involve crime and bloodshed.
Quote:
Delilah: "It's not your fault you've been brainwashed by America."
Thoughts:
I had always thought I'd seen this movie before but once it started, I quickly realized while being familiar/having heard of the title, I'd never actually watched it and it wasn't what I thought it was.
I expected to see a movie about a heist, but the heist itself is about the last twenty or so minutes of the film. Then I thought perhaps it was going to be a film laying the groundwork of how all those involved came to contribute to being part of the heist. Which is sort of true but giving how the story starts and how it ends, perhaps it's a character study of how/what America takes.
Again, I found myself thinking back to a recent book I read given the effects of the war (during and after) for several of the characters but I also feel like this film was marketed one way intentionally. This is a heist movie but not in relative sense usually think of heists movie.
There was also something heartbreaking, got the waterworks going, during one part of this movie. This Hughes brother film is worth watching with a friend in order to talk about afterwards.
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