The Drop - 22/11/2014
Tom Hardy is one of the best, underrated actors around at the moment. He turns up in films you wouldn't expect him in and just delivers. Earlier this year we saw him in Locke as a Welsh construction manager with a pressing issue, and now in The Drop as a Brooklyn bar keep called Bob.
The bar in question is used as a Drop Point for local gangsters funneling cash. No-one knows when the many bars around Brooklyn will be selected, or on which night the drops will take place. All the bar keeps have to do is deposit the money into a safe for later collection. When a robbery takes place at the bar on one of these nights, the local gangsters and police get involved to solve the crime. Is there more to Bob? Is there a reason why a dodgy local is stalking him, his dog and new "girlfriend"?
Not a fast paced film, with a big payout at the end, The Drop is an enjoyable watch, Tom Hardy and James Gandolfini are great together, and play their parts really well. I could not help but think of Rocky whilst watching Bob, very similar mannerisms, quiet, subdued, but with a power behind him.
Good solid film worth a watch
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