The Drop
Mar 13, 2024 8:01:52 GMT -5
Post by Radrook Admin on Mar 13, 2024 8:01:52 GMT -5
The Drop
The Drop is a 2014 American crime film directed by Michaƫl R. Roskam and written by Dennis Lehane, based on his 2009 short story "Animal Rescue". It follows Bob Saginowski, a barman who becomes entangled in an investigation after the mafia-run bar where he works is robbed. It stars Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini (in his final film role), and Matthias Schoenaerts.
I had seen this film before but had not appreciated it as much as I did this time both for the excellent acting and for the portrayal of human motivation. Yes, I do agree with everything that the reviewer in the video says about the acting and the way that they establish this pervasive brooding mood via the portrayal of the characters and the dreary neighborhood scenes .
However, my appreciation of the film also involves noticing just how accurately it conveys the human fanatical obsession with money, and how it
However, my appreciation of the film also involves noticing just how accurately it conveys the human fanatical obsession with money, and how it
harmonizes so accurately with what the Bible tells us in the scripture below.
In harmony with the above, in this film, people are killed and butchered. All for the sake of money.
For example, the Chechans murder one of the men involved in the heist at the bar. Why? Money! The bar owner murders one of the men he hired to rob his bar so he could get the Chechan money for fear that he might divulge his part in the heist. The film's pest, Eric Deeds, is constantly harassing the main character Bob. Why? For money!
Even the "good guy" main character, Bob himself, expertly played by the actor Tom Hardy, is depicted as a butchering murderer who was once also motivated by money into killing a fellow named Richie "Glory Days" Whelan, and who seems to feel absolutely no remorse over it. In fact, Bob is depicted as boasting about it just before killing Eric Deeds.
The film also impressed me by how the bar owner, Bob Saginowski, played by, James Gandolfini, who portrays Bob's cousin, schemes to have Bob murdered by Whelan, in order to once again, pocket the Chechen cash dropped off at his bar. Family relations mean absolutely nothing. Only the money is of paramount importance.
BTW The only time that I found a kink in the carting was during the moment where Bob confronts Nadia and questions her about Weland. His Brooklyn accent suddenly disappears, and he is speaking as he would normally speak off-stage.
1 Timothy 6:10 ESV
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
In harmony with the above, in this film, people are killed and butchered. All for the sake of money.
For example, the Chechans murder one of the men involved in the heist at the bar. Why? Money! The bar owner murders one of the men he hired to rob his bar so he could get the Chechan money for fear that he might divulge his part in the heist. The film's pest, Eric Deeds, is constantly harassing the main character Bob. Why? For money!
Even the "good guy" main character, Bob himself, expertly played by the actor Tom Hardy, is depicted as a butchering murderer who was once also motivated by money into killing a fellow named Richie "Glory Days" Whelan, and who seems to feel absolutely no remorse over it. In fact, Bob is depicted as boasting about it just before killing Eric Deeds.
The film also impressed me by how the bar owner, Bob Saginowski, played by, James Gandolfini, who portrays Bob's cousin, schemes to have Bob murdered by Whelan, in order to once again, pocket the Chechen cash dropped off at his bar. Family relations mean absolutely nothing. Only the money is of paramount importance.
BTW The only time that I found a kink in the carting was during the moment where Bob confronts Nadia and questions her about Weland. His Brooklyn accent suddenly disappears, and he is speaking as he would normally speak off-stage.