The Devil's Own (2000, VHS)

Don't look for happy endings, Tom. It's not an American story; it's an Irish one.... It's an interesting contrast in this movie - the difference between the Irish-Americans and the new immigrants. The Irish-Americans seem to be desperately wanting to hang onto their Irish heritage, but by the end it is evident that there really is a deep divide between the two. Nowhere is this more evident than during the scene of the family's first dinner with their Irish boarder. Corned beef and cabbage is served because the family believes he eats all the time. In reality, he has never had it before in his.

Being a Harrison Ford fan, I try to catch every movie he has made whether in the theater, or on video/DVD. I had to FORCE myself to finish watching this film. It was horrible in my opinion. What drove Harrison to agree to take this script? Basic Plot: Harrison Ford is an Irish-American Police officer on the verge of retiring and lives happily with his wife and family in a little quaint section of NY. Ford has never fired his gun in his whole career and comes across as a wishy-washy, wimpy guy. (MADE ME SICK!!!) Brad Pitt is an active, murdering member of the IRA, who is sent to live with Ford.

I hate comparing movies that really don't have much in common, but the day before I saw "The Devil's Own", I had just seen "The Saint", and both movies share the same strange unsatisfying feeling. "The Devil's Own" has had some controversy surrounding it before it came out. They started filming the movie before they had a finished script, and it really shows. The film varies greatly in the way it treats the characters, and the viewers. The movie seems to go in different directions quite a bit. In other words, it is as if the script and the star's motivations changed directions during the...

This movie tried to make me cry and get my blood pumping at the same time. It really did. And it should have succeeded- it had all the right ingredients- great actors, death of a parent, tragic confrontation of two men who care about each other but are forced by circumstance to become enemies. Yet somehow the whole production rang hollow. The basic plot involves a member of the IRA (Brad Pitt) who is sent to America to purchase missiles. An IRA sympathizer sends Pitt to live with his friend, a cop (Harrison Ford) who is unaware of Pitt's IRA affiliation. (And who, amazingly, despite being...