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The Rock of Gibraltar
USA 2020
produced by
Eleanor Nowacki (executive), Carl Lawrence (executive), Bill Pharis (executive), Karen Pharis (executive)
directed by Michael Pharis
starring Jason Collins, Will Trentham, Seth Bickett, Wade King, Carsyn Garlanger, Chris Bell, John Hall, Michael Wineland, Jay Plyburn, Brian Rabal, Rob Lambert, Jesse Sangster, Justin Stewart, Randall Marks, Marcus Jernigan, Nick Tucker, Kenn Woodard, Brandon Bridges, Marc Shepherd, Jeremy Price, Alex Bickerton, Kevin White, Laura Wineland, Jayla Lonto, Blaine Bell, Patrick Moriarity, Tim Gilster, Gene Smith, Scott Ferrell, Emily Morrison, Mike Southern, Brad Kidder sr, Brad Kidder jr, Michael Hooper, Carl Albertson, Emery Lonto, Addison Kilgore, Greg Crawford, Djordje Stojanovic, Dusan Stojanovic, Justin Eckart, Bill Rogers
written and music by Michael Pharis
review by
Mike Haberfelner
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In 1939, Deacon Marsh (Will Trentham) is the last of the bigshot
gangsters from the prohibition era arrested by the feds, but his attorneys
do their best to delay his trial again and again until his men manage to
spring him from a prisoner transport. The feds call back into action Jake
Bradford (Jason Collins), the cop who originally arrested him, in pretty
much a last ditch effort to capture him as it has become known he's to
leave the country for good. Bradford manages to track him down pretty
soon, too, but Marsh is just too ruthless to be captured and kills his way
to freedom. However, Bradford gets his hands on a rock that's Marsh's
secret obsession, which now makes him untouchable for Marsh as Bradford
now's the only one to know where the rock is hidden, and Marsh even lets
Bradford go (though not without a sound beating) after he has walked into
an ambush. This of course gives Bradford a head-start when it comes to
find Marsh's hideout - only to not find him there after a big shootout
that cost all of Marsh's and all of Bradford's men their lives, as Marsh
still has an ace up his sleeve ... In the best possible way, The
Rock of Gibraltar is a throwback to the good old days of gangster
cinema: It's shot in crisp black and white, concentrates on story,
characters and performances instead of spectacle, finds its shades of grey
in its cops-vs-gangsters story, and manages to tell a multi-layered story
without losing the plot. And rather beautiful camerawork capturing
yesteryear's world that's created with a great eye for detail sure doesn't
hurt one bit either. A really cool movie, not only for those who like
black and white gangster flicks of old.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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