The
Drop 9/10
Cam
and I got to check out The Drop over at the Arclight which is
becoming one of two theaters that I will go to next to The Sundance.
I had wanted to see this movie since I recently read the book and
loved it. It doesn't hurt that the cast is great. The story has a
very basic storyline that you have probably seen before but the cast
makes this movie work like crazy. Even the stuff that was left out of
the movie was the stuff that wasn't necessary to understand
everyone's motivation. Tom Hardy stars as Bob Saginowski. He seems to
be a very nice guy that has a plain life working as a bartender at
his cousins bar.
James
Gandolfini is Cousin Marv who owns the bar. Well, he used to. Now it
is what's called a drop. When people place bets different places hold
the money for the night. Marv and Bob used to be in a gang until
these guys moved on in and were far tougher than they were. Marv
seems jealous of Bob since the gang leader, Chovka plated by Michael
Aronov, doesn't appear to respect Marv. Shit gets hairy when two guys
rob the bar and Bob tells Detective Torres played by John Ortiz about
a watch on one of the guys arms. They later get a bag with the stolen
money and the arm in it.
