a two-bit hood is on the run from the mob and his friend in criminality is dragged into the fray. this is a movie about the dissolution of a friendship that is cloaked in a crime thriller.
Peter Yates, director of "Bullitt" made this gritty crime drama about a down-and-out, two-bit criminal played by Robert Mitchum. His character, Eddie Coyle, finds himself in a real bind and spends the movie desperately trying to get himself out of it. How it all transpires feels as realistic as it could get. Every minute feels like it actually happened. Again, another movie from that great decade from 1967 to 1977. Recommended!
two ex cons looking to rebuild their lives ~ always been a fan of both pacino & hackman, somehow this film slipped under my radar until now. both actors are amazing and have crazy energy in it, theres these really long takes throughout of the film and you really feel the energy of their weird friendship, really funny, intense, tragic
I love a good heist movie⦠if you can call this that.
And I love 70s Pacino (Godfather 1 and 2, β¦ And Justice for All)
If you like seeing this man freak out, walk donβt run watch this now
