The son of no one
Year of release : 2011
Run time : 1h30min
Genre : Drama / Mystery / Crime / Thriller
Cast : Channing Tatum, Al Pacino, Ray Liotta, Katie Holmes, Tracy Morgan, Juliette Binoche
The movie is written and directed by Dito Montiel, and is based on a book he himself wrote. The movie is the 3d one he worked on with Channing.
The year is 2002 and a young cop works at the police station in Queens where he grew up. He has a wife and daughter who has health problems.
The police station starts receiving anonymous letters about two murders that happened in 1986. At the same time, a journalist receives the same letters, and publishes them in her newspaper (ironically she seems to be friends with the captain !?! at least he said he was fond of her ! ).
At the same time, we see what happened in 1986, and how our lead, Jonathan, at the time 14 years old, k1lled two men in self defense. His friends, Vinnie (who had his own problems with the man his mother was dating) and Vicky,helped him get the bodies to the garbage disposal downstairs.
The detective on the case, figures out Jonathan is responsible, but being a kid, and being the son of his former colleague, he considers him family, and helps him.
Vinnie was in and out of mental institutions ( I don't know if he was really sick or his mother put him in the facilities because he told her her boyfriend was r@ping him) and now his mind is pretty scattered due to the treatments received (always a good thing to come out worse than when you got in). Jonathan thinks Vinnie told someone, and so do the police. Nobody thinks of Vicky though!
SPOILER the reveal at the end was ridiculous ,made no sense and made me angry! Vicky did this, because the murd3rs (that her friend committed ) of two bad men were swept under the rug! Talk about cognitive dissonance! She actually writes a letter to Jonathan in which she tells him she has nothing against him, she has something against the cop who helped him,for helping him! Talking about the night of the mind! No good deed goes unpunished ,I guess! END OF SPOILER
The movie was shot on this ugly colors, khaki-green,then and now. I think the past should have been on black and white,gray, or brown,so we'd make the distinction!
Channing is wearing this ugly mustache, which I'm guessing is supposed to be in honor of the cop who helped him,as he was wearing the same one.
I didn't think the cops were bad, it felt that they pulled a 180, to make them the bad guys towards the end. I hated the ending which made no sense.
The movie kept me watching, as I was interested in who's behind it all, but it's not a movie I'd watch again.
The movie was shot in two months,from February to April 2010, and after a bad reception at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival,the ending was recut. Apparently the private screening for the distributors had some of them walking out!
The movie was a box office flop, as it was made with 15 million dollars and made only 1.1 million worldwide !
The actors were good.
I honestly don't remember the music.
The movie is free on Plex, free with ads on PlutoTv, Tubi and Freevee, 30 days free on Amazon Prime, 7 days free on FuboTv, and for rent / sale on Amazon Prime, AppleTv, Fandango at Home.
Rating : Could have been a contender !