Friday, April 23, 2010

Sleepers (1996)

A long drawn-out epic which tells the sickening story of what happened when a prank that went too far landed the boys in a kid's prison. If I were to say much more I would be giving too much away. This is definitely a movie you want to set aside a good long chunk of time to watch and then mull over.

The acting (and it is a star-studded cast) is brilliant, the story is enveloping. A well-told tale of (oh so sweet) revenge. I'm not sure how I hadn't seen this for so long, how it had escaped my radar.

This movie truly and deeply shows us the Kevin Bacon we all so deeply and fearsomely love to loathe.

10/10