Thursday, April 15, 1999

Review – The Devil’s Own

This film has the worst time trying to decide if it wants to be a political thriller, a macho-cop buddy movie, or a message piece. The amazing thing is that it does an okay job at each. But just okay: the political stuff comes off as cartoonish, the cop stuff is underdeveloped and the message is a bit weak (though certainly better than Patriot Games, another Harrison Ford action vehicle with Irish themes). Mildly amusing

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