Final 4: Show of Evil vs Red Dead Redemption
Mar 23, 2013 21:27:07 GMT -5
Post by Sportsguy on Mar 23, 2013 21:27:07 GMT -5
Show of Evil
Directed by Ben Affleck
Written by William Diehl adapting his best selling novel
10 years ago Aaron Stampler(Edward Norton), a seemingly innocent, angelic looking Appalachian boy, was Charged with the brutal murder of Archbishop Richard Rushman. Defense attorney Martin Vail(Kyle Chandler) defended Stampler and saved his life, pleading him guilty but insane. Stampler did commit the killing, but it was discovered that he was a split personality. It came out during the trial that Rushman was a pedophile, who raped Aaron and the other Altar Boys. We pick up the story 10 years later, with Stampler locked in a maximum security mental institution and Vail now on the other side of the law as the new District Attorney...
While investigating an unrelated crime Harvey St Claire(John Goodman), a former Texas Ranger now working as an investigator for Vail, and the office computer expert Ben Meyer(Chris Pine) uncover the murder of Linda Gellerman (Michelle Trachtenberg). Gellerman, Stampler's former girlfriend and one of the victims abused by Rushman, is found butchered to death in the same style that Rushman was. A few days later Alexander Lincoln(Jason Dohring), the last of Rushman's living victims, is killed. Vail's associate Dermott Flaherty (Ethan Hawke) goes to look into it, and with the help of Sgt Andrew Nicholson (Glenn Morshower) discovers that Lincoln was killed in the same way as Rushman and Gellerman.
Vail flies to the mental institution to have a meeting with Stampler and his new psychologist Dr Samuel Woodward(Anthony Stewart Head). While there, he learns that Stampler is now deemed 'cured' and is scheduled to be released to a halfway house. Stampler subtly taunts Vail, both knowing that Stampler is faking and there is nothing Vail can do about it. Vail returns home and confers with the rest of his team: his assistant Naomi Chance (Pam Grier), Major Able stenner(Tommy Lee Jones) the cop who arrested Stampler 10 years ago and now works for Vail, Jane Venable (Connie Britton) Vail's former adversary now turned girlfriend, St Claire,Flaherty and Meyer. The group works together to try and figure out how Stampler is leading these killings from the mental institution and what he's going to do once he's released.
Vail and St Claire visit Stampler's former psychologist Molly Arington (Piper Perabo) and with her help follow a trail that leads to Rebecca (Glen Close), Stampler's equally psychotic Teacher/Mentor/Lover who's the one who killed Gellerman and Lincoln. Stampler is released and then the first night he's out, he escapes from his halfway house and attacks Stenner and Venable, leaving them near death while at the same time Rebecca kills and beheads Judge Harry Shoat (Donald Sutherland) who was the trial judge during Stenner's trial 10 years ago. Rebecca is then shot to death while trying to kill Vail. Stampler drugs, rapes and then kills Arington.
At the film's conclusion Vail, Flaherty and St Claire track Stampler to his hometown, where he falls down a mineshaft. Stenner and Venable recover from their injuries, and Venable and Vail get engaged.
Red Dead Redemption: The Movie
THE CAST LIST
Josh Brolin: John Marston
Charlize Theron: Abigail Marston
Giovanni Ribisi: Jack Marston
Kate Beckinsale: Bonnie MacFarlane
Kevin Costner: Drew MacFarlane
Harrison Ford: Marshall Leigh Johnson
Dolph Lundgren: Eli
Bruce Willis: Nigel West Dickens
Sam Elliott: Landon Ricketts
Alan Rickman: Dutch van der Linde
Kiefer Sutherland: Bill Williamson
Viggo Mortensen: Edgar Ross
Leonardo DiCaprio: Archer Fordham
Sergio Leone: Director
John Huston: Writer
THE STORY
John Marston is a former outlaw looking for an all-new life in 1911 America. When corrupt government agents Edgar Ross and Archer Fordham threaten his and his family’s freedom and well-being, Marston is sent across the American West to help uphold the law and to achieve redemption. His job is to kill or capture his former gang members, including his old friend and gang partner, Bill Williamson, or his family will pay the ultimate price.
After being shot by Williamson, Marston is taken in by Bonnie MacFarlane and her father, and he repays their kindness by working as a ranch hand. During this period, Marston also spends some time helping Marshall Johnson and his deputy, Eli, round up various outlaws in and around the town of Armadillo.
Williamson is holed up in Fort Mercer, which Marston attacks with the help of Marshall Johnson, his lawmen, and snake-oil salesman Nigel West Dickens, but Williamson escapes the fort and heads to Mexico.
Marston follows Williamson to Mexico and meets up with legendary gunman Landon Ricketts. The two men travel across Mexico searching for Williamson and fighting injustice. Eventually, they catch up with and capture Williamson. Marston returns him to Ross and Fordham in the States, where he’s informed that his work is not yet done. He must capture or kill his former friend, mentor, and gang leader, Dutch van der Linde.
Reluctantly, Marston hunts van der Linde down and is able to corner him. In the end, Marston is forced to kill his mentor, at which point his wife, Abigail, and son, Jack, are returned to him and he is able to resume his peaceful life as a rancher.
However, Ross and Fordham aren’t done with Marston yet. They feel that he is an irredeemable criminal, so they storm his ranch and gun him down in cold blood.
Years later, we follow Jack Marston as he hunts down Edgar Ross. Along the way, we learn that both Abigail Marston and Archer Fordham are dead. Eventually, Jack located Ross in Mexico and the two have a showdown, which Jack wins, killing the man who murdered his father and gaining his revenge.
*End
Directed by Ben Affleck
Written by William Diehl adapting his best selling novel
10 years ago Aaron Stampler(Edward Norton), a seemingly innocent, angelic looking Appalachian boy, was Charged with the brutal murder of Archbishop Richard Rushman. Defense attorney Martin Vail(Kyle Chandler) defended Stampler and saved his life, pleading him guilty but insane. Stampler did commit the killing, but it was discovered that he was a split personality. It came out during the trial that Rushman was a pedophile, who raped Aaron and the other Altar Boys. We pick up the story 10 years later, with Stampler locked in a maximum security mental institution and Vail now on the other side of the law as the new District Attorney...
While investigating an unrelated crime Harvey St Claire(John Goodman), a former Texas Ranger now working as an investigator for Vail, and the office computer expert Ben Meyer(Chris Pine) uncover the murder of Linda Gellerman (Michelle Trachtenberg). Gellerman, Stampler's former girlfriend and one of the victims abused by Rushman, is found butchered to death in the same style that Rushman was. A few days later Alexander Lincoln(Jason Dohring), the last of Rushman's living victims, is killed. Vail's associate Dermott Flaherty (Ethan Hawke) goes to look into it, and with the help of Sgt Andrew Nicholson (Glenn Morshower) discovers that Lincoln was killed in the same way as Rushman and Gellerman.
Vail flies to the mental institution to have a meeting with Stampler and his new psychologist Dr Samuel Woodward(Anthony Stewart Head). While there, he learns that Stampler is now deemed 'cured' and is scheduled to be released to a halfway house. Stampler subtly taunts Vail, both knowing that Stampler is faking and there is nothing Vail can do about it. Vail returns home and confers with the rest of his team: his assistant Naomi Chance (Pam Grier), Major Able stenner(Tommy Lee Jones) the cop who arrested Stampler 10 years ago and now works for Vail, Jane Venable (Connie Britton) Vail's former adversary now turned girlfriend, St Claire,Flaherty and Meyer. The group works together to try and figure out how Stampler is leading these killings from the mental institution and what he's going to do once he's released.
Vail and St Claire visit Stampler's former psychologist Molly Arington (Piper Perabo) and with her help follow a trail that leads to Rebecca (Glen Close), Stampler's equally psychotic Teacher/Mentor/Lover who's the one who killed Gellerman and Lincoln. Stampler is released and then the first night he's out, he escapes from his halfway house and attacks Stenner and Venable, leaving them near death while at the same time Rebecca kills and beheads Judge Harry Shoat (Donald Sutherland) who was the trial judge during Stenner's trial 10 years ago. Rebecca is then shot to death while trying to kill Vail. Stampler drugs, rapes and then kills Arington.
At the film's conclusion Vail, Flaherty and St Claire track Stampler to his hometown, where he falls down a mineshaft. Stenner and Venable recover from their injuries, and Venable and Vail get engaged.
Red Dead Redemption: The Movie
THE CAST LIST
Josh Brolin: John Marston
Charlize Theron: Abigail Marston
Giovanni Ribisi: Jack Marston
Kate Beckinsale: Bonnie MacFarlane
Kevin Costner: Drew MacFarlane
Harrison Ford: Marshall Leigh Johnson
Dolph Lundgren: Eli
Bruce Willis: Nigel West Dickens
Sam Elliott: Landon Ricketts
Alan Rickman: Dutch van der Linde
Kiefer Sutherland: Bill Williamson
Viggo Mortensen: Edgar Ross
Leonardo DiCaprio: Archer Fordham
Sergio Leone: Director
John Huston: Writer
THE STORY
John Marston is a former outlaw looking for an all-new life in 1911 America. When corrupt government agents Edgar Ross and Archer Fordham threaten his and his family’s freedom and well-being, Marston is sent across the American West to help uphold the law and to achieve redemption. His job is to kill or capture his former gang members, including his old friend and gang partner, Bill Williamson, or his family will pay the ultimate price.
After being shot by Williamson, Marston is taken in by Bonnie MacFarlane and her father, and he repays their kindness by working as a ranch hand. During this period, Marston also spends some time helping Marshall Johnson and his deputy, Eli, round up various outlaws in and around the town of Armadillo.
Williamson is holed up in Fort Mercer, which Marston attacks with the help of Marshall Johnson, his lawmen, and snake-oil salesman Nigel West Dickens, but Williamson escapes the fort and heads to Mexico.
Marston follows Williamson to Mexico and meets up with legendary gunman Landon Ricketts. The two men travel across Mexico searching for Williamson and fighting injustice. Eventually, they catch up with and capture Williamson. Marston returns him to Ross and Fordham in the States, where he’s informed that his work is not yet done. He must capture or kill his former friend, mentor, and gang leader, Dutch van der Linde.
Reluctantly, Marston hunts van der Linde down and is able to corner him. In the end, Marston is forced to kill his mentor, at which point his wife, Abigail, and son, Jack, are returned to him and he is able to resume his peaceful life as a rancher.
However, Ross and Fordham aren’t done with Marston yet. They feel that he is an irredeemable criminal, so they storm his ranch and gun him down in cold blood.
Years later, we follow Jack Marston as he hunts down Edgar Ross. Along the way, we learn that both Abigail Marston and Archer Fordham are dead. Eventually, Jack located Ross in Mexico and the two have a showdown, which Jack wins, killing the man who murdered his father and gaining his revenge.
*End