American Gun (2003)
The old guy in this movie is James Coburn -- so if you're looking for my thoughts on the one where the old guy is Donald Sutherland (2005's American Gun), this ain't it.
This is a film about obsession. Near the beginning of the movie, Coburn's daughter (Virginia Madsen -- beautiful, but nowhere near believable as a high-schooler in flashback scenes) is mugged in a parking lot and shot dead. Coburn is compelled to find out how the gun got to the point where it could be trained on his daughter. He can't just go on with his life as it was -- is unable to "let it go" despite his wife's pleas that he do so.
The film got a little slow in places...began to feel a bit episodic: "tell me your gun story, cue flashback." But it's got one of those endings that ties everything together -- that makes me appreciate the true skill involved in telling a tale well.
B
This is a film about obsession. Near the beginning of the movie, Coburn's daughter (Virginia Madsen -- beautiful, but nowhere near believable as a high-schooler in flashback scenes) is mugged in a parking lot and shot dead. Coburn is compelled to find out how the gun got to the point where it could be trained on his daughter. He can't just go on with his life as it was -- is unable to "let it go" despite his wife's pleas that he do so.
The film got a little slow in places...began to feel a bit episodic: "tell me your gun story, cue flashback." But it's got one of those endings that ties everything together -- that makes me appreciate the true skill involved in telling a tale well.
B
posted by MeMe | 3:24 PM
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