25th Hour
25th Hour
Summary
The movie takes place in New York City where we get to follow the main character Monty Brogan. It all starts with a scene in which Monty and his companion Kostya saves an abandoned and hurt dog. The dog survives and follows him throughout the film as ”Doyle”.
The film then cuts to present time where Monty meets an old friend now working as a teacher in their old school, at this point we hear about ”the party” when Monty invites this friend called Jacob Elinsky. Through a serie of flashbacks we get to know his past as a drug dealer and that D.E.A busted him during a razzia in his own apartment. He was sentenced to serve 7 years in the Otisville prison, and this was his last day before having to turn himself in. At this …show more content…
Those two were his girlfriend Naturelle and Kostya, his partner. At first he’s very suspicious about Naturelle as she didn’t have any physical assets tied to the business and the drugs, Kostya on the other hand was his companion and was a part of the dealing. Somewhere around here we get to know Frank Slattery, a successful bond trader and Monty’s oldest and best friend. Frank and Jacob meets up in Franks apartment overlooking Ground Zero before heading to a bar to join up with Naturelle and Monty for their last night together for 7 years. Outside the club Jacob runs in to one of his under age students whom Monty invites to the party. While in the club a serie of events happens, Jacob makes out with his student, Frank promises Monty that they’ll open a bar together when he gets out, Frank confronts Naturelle …show more content…
How would you react if you knew that you only had 25 hours to say goodbye to everyone? 25 hours to prepare for a 7 years of your life locked up in a rough environment where pretty boys aren’t pretty for more than a few days. I think his reactions, thought and feelings was quite typical and not far from what I would have felt if it was me. The entire film plays in an almost depressing tone, there are no turning points that makes everything better, no superman to rescue Monty Brogan. The film gives a depressing feeling and is quite dark overall, reflecting over a mans last 25 hours of freedom. The film doesn’t have a single message and purpose, it has many messages and all are open for different interpretations, which is interesting and opens up for thoughts and reflections after
Summary
The movie takes place in New York City where we get to follow the main character Monty Brogan. It all starts with a scene in which Monty and his companion Kostya saves an abandoned and hurt dog. The dog survives and follows him throughout the film as ”Doyle”.
The film then cuts to present time where Monty meets an old friend now working as a teacher in their old school, at this point we hear about ”the party” when Monty invites this friend called Jacob Elinsky. Through a serie of flashbacks we get to know his past as a drug dealer and that D.E.A busted him during a razzia in his own apartment. He was sentenced to serve 7 years in the Otisville prison, and this was his last day before having to turn himself in. At this …show more content…
Those two were his girlfriend Naturelle and Kostya, his partner. At first he’s very suspicious about Naturelle as she didn’t have any physical assets tied to the business and the drugs, Kostya on the other hand was his companion and was a part of the dealing. Somewhere around here we get to know Frank Slattery, a successful bond trader and Monty’s oldest and best friend. Frank and Jacob meets up in Franks apartment overlooking Ground Zero before heading to a bar to join up with Naturelle and Monty for their last night together for 7 years. Outside the club Jacob runs in to one of his under age students whom Monty invites to the party. While in the club a serie of events happens, Jacob makes out with his student, Frank promises Monty that they’ll open a bar together when he gets out, Frank confronts Naturelle …show more content…
How would you react if you knew that you only had 25 hours to say goodbye to everyone? 25 hours to prepare for a 7 years of your life locked up in a rough environment where pretty boys aren’t pretty for more than a few days. I think his reactions, thought and feelings was quite typical and not far from what I would have felt if it was me. The entire film plays in an almost depressing tone, there are no turning points that makes everything better, no superman to rescue Monty Brogan. The film gives a depressing feeling and is quite dark overall, reflecting over a mans last 25 hours of freedom. The film doesn’t have a single message and purpose, it has many messages and all are open for different interpretations, which is interesting and opens up for thoughts and reflections after