State of Grace
Summary:
This directorial effort from Phil Joanou stars Sean Penn as an Irish-American undercover cop working the Hell's Kitchen beat. Penn is ostensibly on a sentimental journey to his old neighborhood. Actually he's been assigned to infiltrate a criminal gang led by Ed Harris, the brother of Sean's best friend Gary Oldman. Penn suffers the requisite honor vs. duty anguish when... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Sean Penn - (Terry Noonan)
Ed Harris - (Frankie Flannery)
Gary Oldman - (Jackie Flannery)
Robin Wright - (Kathleen Flannery)
John Turturro - (Nick)
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Review:
1990 was a big year for the mob in Hollywood, which may explain why this excellent film didn't fair better at the box office. Granted, it's not as good as Miller's Crossing or Goodfellas, but it is superior to the Best Picture-nominated Godfather Part III (all 1990). State of Grace starts out as a fairly generic story about Terry Noon... Continue >>
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