|
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Joaquin Phoenix, Faye Dunaway, James Caan
|
|
| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Yards |
|---|
Leo Handler has been released from prison for a car theft he didn't commit. He looks for a job, and finds one with his uncle Frank repairing railway cars but there is political corruption and attacks on rivals. Leo must work with the police to bring Frank and his company down.
--Kevin Wong, Resident Scholar
|
THE YARDS is a 2000 movie directed by James Gray.
Mark Wahlberg is returning in New-York after having spent 18 months in prison. He is given a job by James Caan but things go wrong and he must violently hit a policeman in order to avoid an arrest.
Soon he has to defend himself against his family, his former friends who would prefer to see him dead.
A thriller with brains. One of the best movies of 2000.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
|
| Analysis of The Yards |
|---|
Our unique search engine provides a wealth of detail about
books by breaking them down into many different literary
elements, all of which are searchable (click here). |
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- law enforcement gone bad
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- accused criminal
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- muscular (man)
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
- 60's-90's
Profession/status:
- businessman, small
- businessman, big
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Misc setting
- prison
- resort/hotel
- moving train
- sewers/subways
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- unhappy
How many deaths in film?
- 1
- 2
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing nude male butt
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- dropped from large heights
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
- Some foul language
|
| Most similar reviews by Gordonator ranking |
|---|
| White Sands
starring Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson, Maura Tierney
|
| The Keeper
starring Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento
|
| Dirty
starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Clifton Collins Jr.
|
| 36 Quai des Orfèvres
starring Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu, André Dussollier, Francis Renaud, Mylène Demongeot
|
| China Moon
starring Ed Harris, Madeleine Stowe, Benicio Del Toro
|
|
Note: the views expressed here are only those of the reviewer(s). | |
|
