Tony Rome Movie Review & Film Summary (1. I don't know what I expected from . Sinatra is no Bogart, which won't come as news, and . No neo- Nazi villains in underwater pads. No exploding cigarette lighters. Just a detective, who is a hard- working, hard- drinking guy who has been unlucky with dames and plays the horses and has a lot of cynical dialog. This guy gets involved in a seemingly innocent job, like tracing somebody's lost husband or escorting a drunken daughter home to her millionaire daddy. Then it turns out that something valuable is missing. It can be a maltese falcon or a diamond ring or anything just so it's something that (quavering violin in echo chamber) Men Will Kill For. Then you have to have intrigue and physical danger and a few surprising plot twists. You have to have a sympathetic character or two: really straight people who are trying to do the best thing, but their past is against them. Then you have to have the detective playing it tough and cynical and getting knocked around, but occasionally revealing a glimmer of human warmth in his heart. For about three years, ga- ga directors have been throwing the plot overboard with complete disregard for the audience. But now Frank Sinatra makes a . He's not the cool cat Bogart was, but he's good and he comes across. Richard Conte is fine in another standard role: The homicide detective who cleans up the bodies after the private eye's little sprees, shakes his head and says, . John is luscious. Tony Bennett and his wife Susan Crow looked in sync as they enjoyed a stroll in New York. The legendary jazz singer, 89, and Susan, 56, held hands and wore matching. Surprisingly, however, 'Tony Rome' actually is a detective story of the Bogart type. Sinatra is no Bogart, which won't come as news, and 'Tony Rome' is no 'The. A short character profile for Bullet Tooth Tony, Vinnie Jones' character in the movie Snatch. Photos, quotes, known biography, RPG stats, etc. Carnivores, prepare to salivate. The weakness in the movie is Sinatra's unwillingness to play it really straight. Bogart movies always had anonymous settings. They took place in cities as unreal as Superman's Metropolis. Sinatra makes his in Miami Beach, however, and there's too much of the place in the plot. Also too many Rat Pack buddies in minor roles. And don't detectives ever drink anything but Budweiser? The complete winners list of the 68th annual Tony Awards, which aired live on Sunday on CBS. SEE MORE: Awards: The Contenders.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
December 2016
Categories |