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Murder in the First

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by spork-girl

"Christian Slater in Armani suits. Mmmm mmm good."

Kevin Bacon and Christian Slater. Who knew the boys could pull it off? Not that this is academy level acting, but they do a fine job. And hot damn is Gary Oldman evil.

I think he may just end up giving Christopher Walken a run for his money.

Needless to specify. Gary Oldman is the villain in this one. he plays warden of Alcatraz. Kevin Bacon is the ultimate 90s hero: the victim. The poor, innocent, abused victim. Poor Kevin Bacon. Christian Slater is the young upstart lawyer. In armani. As an evil bitch, I honestly wish I could say he was upstages by his suits, but that's just not true. If nothing else, Slater can do the ingenue.

Summary: Bacon is a petty criminal in Alcatraz. Some years ago, he attempts to escape. Thus he is given a life sentence. However, because Gary Oldman is one evil motherfucker, he gets mutilated and put in solitary for like, 100 years. When he gets out, he kills some guy with a spoon (they don't have sporks at Alcatraz)

Slater is awarded what apperas to be an open shut murder case. However, he's young and idealistic and blah blah blah, he decides to expose the abuse in Alcatraz.

This movie is quite well written, if standard and simple. The direction is very nice. Stylized to a degree, but not too much so. Understated, yet artistic. I liked.

Story is heartwrenching drama. A wee bit overdone, prehaps. But the message is a good one. Human rights and all that rot. Abuse of power. You know, stuff worth fighting for. Oh, and getting the prisoner a whore! Yeah! Sex is on of the undenialable human rights, correct? It should be. I say we ammend the constitution. "Freedom, jusitce, the pursuit of happiness, and get mah GROOVE on"

I think it'll be pretty hit or miss. You'll either go all righteous like I did or get bored and pissy "yeah yeah yeah he was mistreated I don't care..."

I should hope everyone is like me and would get all into the pursuit of justice. But I should be realistic. No one is like me. 4 sporks, and people, that's my humble opinion.

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originally posted: 10/21/98 13:56:12

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5/09/06 Phil M. Aficionado Give me a true story, done straight, or give me fiction; don't mix the two. Just HATE that. 2 stars

2/15/06 Carlos Idelone Compassionate, moving 4 stars

9/20/05 Carolyn Rathburn This is a very potent movie that really took Kevins skills to a new level 5 stars

10/26/04 krys oh yeah, kevin bacon. this is a very good movie. 5 stars

10/25/04 J. Young Some truth and some fiction. It was a hard movie for his relatives to watch. 4 stars

9/24/04 Agent Sands Really powerful stuff. Career-making performances, great direction, script, & score. 5 stars

7/17/04 Harry J Tragic tale, with powerful performances by all. Tops in my book. 5 stars

6/27/04 Christy Bacon deserved an Oscar. Oldman is excellent. Historically inaccurate, but who cares? 4 stars

1/02/04 LIAM JACKSON graphic violence, sadism and insanity are the issues of this film.but it's damn good. 5 stars

3/22/03 Jack Sommersby Obtrusive, showy camerabatics dissipate urgency of story. Good acting. 2 stars

11/23/02 Charles Tatum Gosh, I feel sooo bad for criminals everywhere 3 stars

8/05/02 KMG SUCKED 2 stars

7/23/01 Phil M. Afficianado A+ acting. B+ directing. D+ for greatly distorting a historical event. 4 stars

7/19/01 Laura May Fantabulous!!! Its as good as it can get!!! 5 stars

5/09/00 Gustavo Espindola Its ont of the best films ive ever seen 5 stars

12/04/99 PervertedPixie Gary is scary, Bacon is psychotic and Slater is a young rebel. This is Damn intense stuff! 5 stars

10/06/99 strike Very cliched in its storytelling and ultimately redeemed partially by some good perfs. 3 stars

9/19/99 the Grinch Fuck all you Bacon-haters, Bacon is one sizzle-lean, mean, acting machine! 5 stars

2/02/99 Matthew Bartley Bacon gives a performance that ranks as one of the all-time greats 5 stars

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USA 20-Jan-1995 (R) UK N/A Australia 02-Jul-1995 (M)

Directed by Mark Rocco Written by Dan Gordon Cast Christian Slater Kevin Bacon Gary Oldman Embeth Davidtz William H. Macy Brad Dourif

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