1/11/2024 0 Comments No sudden move plot![]() It’s almost the plot of The Desperate Hours, the classic 1955 home invasion hostage thriller which starred Humphrey Bogart and Fredric March. Two of the mobsters have to babysit a family while the other one escorts the dad into work so he can pick up some papers. He comes into the movie looking like he’s just finished burying a body. Kieran Culkin plays Charley Barnes, and he wears ulterior motives on his lapel. ![]() Benicio Del Toro’s Ronald Russo is a dapper professional who doesn’t like having to look over his shoulder, and could use cold cash to improve his view. Don Cheadle’s Curt Goynes is newly out of prison and needs the scratch. It’s the ulterior motives.īrendan Fraser plays a button man named Jones who is putting a three-man team together for a contract job. The body count isn’t the most exciting part of the movie, though. Most of the other information trickles out like blood from exit wounds, as the film captures the most muted tones of classic film noir. Of course, any of those breaths can be a character’s last, which becomes apparent very quickly. This is a theft worth savoring, and Soderbergh gives the players room to breathe. No Sudden Move is a heist film, but don’t go in expecting Ocean’s 11, in spite of the all-star cast. The biggest villains want things to disappear, and they certainly don’t want anybody talking about it. ![]() Everybody wants something, but they won’t say what it is. Secrets are like mascara, alibis are fedoras. Every character has something to hide, and nothing to say about it. The subtle eroticism comes from what’s under the sheets and behind the walls. Not in that sweaty between the sheets way best enjoyed up against a wall. Steven Soderbergh’s No Sudden Move is deviously sexy.
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