Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French
Rating: R
Package Includes: Blu-ray, Digital Copy
Case Type: Blu-ray eco keepcase with slipcover
Disc Type: BD50 (dual layer)
Region: A
MSRP: $35.99
The Production: 2/5
Kern County deputy Joe âDekeâ Deacon (Denzel Washington) is sent down to Los Angeles to retrieve a crucial piece of evidence for an upcoming trial. While waiting for the evidence to be retrieved, he visits some of his former co-workers at the Los Angeles County Sheriffâs office, where Deke was a top-rate detective before his life completely fell apart (including a heart attack, divorce, and losing as high-profile serial murder case). Dekeâs replacement, Detective Jim Baxter (Rami Malek), is currently investigating a similar series of murders, and the two ultimately begin helping each other out narrowing down the suspects to an anti-social loner and appliance repair man Albert Sparma (Jared Leto). Sparma is a true-crime fan, and is enjoying taunting th
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Three Oscar Winners, One Serial Killer Thriller: Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, And Jared Leto On The Little Things
by : Cameron Frew on : 12 Mar 2021 18:33
Warner Bros.
The Little Things.
It’s a stonker of a headline cast: three Best Actor winners from the prestige, pulp and controversial corners of cinema. A legend, bohemian and Joker, together in a dark, twilight LA serial killer thriller with broad strokes of
Seven and
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Having long gestated in the crypt of John Lee Hancock’s mind, a decades-old script found life with its cast. But there were no egos on-set, no showboating. ‘Every moment was one person sharpening another one,’ Malek told
Director John Lee Hancock is notable for feel good biographical dramas like The Blind Side and Saving Mr. Banks but takes a different route in his latest film, the serial killer psychological drama The Little Things. Hancock has been trying to make the movie for about 30 years and while he insists he wrote the script before Seven, this still feels like a limp wristed Seven clone. Still, the trio of main actors in Things elevates the proceedings. For a serial killer movie, it doesn’t really have many big scares. It settles on being vaguely unsettling and has a different ending that may be aiming for morally ambiguous and subversive but mostly just comes off as somewhat unsatisfying. The Little Things has short bursts when the creepiness does feel creepy although other times it just feels like a generic murder procedural but with higher caliber actors than on network TV.
The Little Things a solid if imperfect entry in the crime genre Rami Malek in
Photo by Nicola Goode At their best, crime dramas can be an intense experience as police and criminals engage in a cat-and-mouse game. The films are usually on the side of the cops, but showing the frailties of those supposedly on the right side of the law has become a popular aspect of many modern movies in the ever-expanding genre. In
The Little Things, it’s the capability of the ones doing the investigating that’s put under a microscope. Joe Deacon (Denzel Washington) works for the Kern County Sheriff’s Department, but he is confronted with his past when he’s sent on an errand to his old stomping ground with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. It’s clear from his chilly reception that things did not end well there, although he doesn’t let that stop him from inserting himself into a new investigation.