Wes's Grade: B
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| Tom Hardy |
If anyone could ever be described as brawny, that would be Tom Hardy, but that is used to good effect in his new movie, the crime thriller "The Drop." The British actor, best known as bad-guy Bane from "The Dark Knight Rises," is perfectly cast in the new dark drama written by "Mystic River's" Dennis Lehane, and he gets the early fall off to a solid start. The movie follows lonely bartender Bob Saginowski (Tom Hardy) through a covert scheme of funneling cash to local gangsters - "money drops" in the underworld of Brooklyn bars. Under the heavy hand of his employer and cousin Marv (James Gandolfini), Bob finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past. The involving, often dark and sometimes bloody drama "The Drop," directed by Michael R. Roskam and written by Lehane, is well-acted and engaging, even through some slow moments in the second act. Hardy broods well throughout (and in a nice Brooklyn accent), even next to the late but solid Gandolfini, channeling more of "The Sopranos"-style roles he is known for. "The Drop" has been done before, and seems familiar next to Lehane's similarly-themed "Gone Baby Gone" and the aforementioned "Mystic River," but it's still a well-acted, sturdy, solid crime drama that's more affecting in its later chapters. Well-worth seeing.
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