The Devil's Own
Starring:Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Margaret Colin, Rubén Blades, Treat Williams, George Hearn, Mitch Ryan, Natascha McElhone, Paul Ronan, Simon Jones, Julia Stiles, Ashley Carin, Kelly Singer, David O'Hara, David Wilmot, Anthony Brophy, Shane Dunne, Martin Dunne, Gabrielle Reidy, Samantha Conroy
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Studio: Sony Pictures
Product Type: DVD
Editorial Review:
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Any movie starring Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford has got to be worth seeing, right? That's as close to a guarantee as this well-meaning thriller ever gets, however, and the talents of Pitt and Ford are absolutely vital in making any sense out of this dramatically muddled scenario. Ostensibly the movie's about an IRA terrorist (Pitt) who escapes from British troops in Belfast and travels to New York City, where he stays in the home of a seasoned cop (Ford) who has no idea of the terrorist's true identity. (Why a veteran cop would host a complete stranger in his home is one of those shaky details you're better off not thinking about.) But while Pitt's passionate character waits to make an arms deal for his IRA compatriots back in Ireland, The Devil's Own conveniently avoids any detailed understanding of the Northern Ireland conflict, focusing instead on the cop's moral dilemma when he discovers that his young guest is a terrorist. The film is superbly acted, and overall it's quite worthwhile, but don't look to it for an abundance of plot logic or an in-depth understanding of Protestant-Catholic tensions in Northern Ireland. (For that, take a look at In the Name of the Father or the underrated historical biopic Michael Collins.) --Jeff Shannon.
Average customer rating:
- I wanted a different ending
- The Devil's Own
- One Of Both Ford's & Pitt's Best Films
- I am Oirish and I thought it was quite good....
- A biassed image of the Irish struggle for freedom
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Starring: Harrison Ford , Brad Pitt , Margaret Colin , Rubén Blades , and Treat Williams
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Any movie starring Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford has got to be worth seeing, right? That's as close to a guarantee as this well-meaning thriller ever gets, however, and the talents of Pitt and Ford are absolutely vital in making any sense out of this dramatically muddled scenario. Ostensibly the movie's about an IRA terrorist (Pitt) who escapes from British troops in Belfast and travels to New York City, where he stays in the home of a seasoned cop (Ford) who has no idea of the terrorist's true identity. (Why a veteran cop would host a complete stranger in his home is one of those shaky details you're better off not thinking about.) But while Pitt's passionate character waits to make an arms deal for his IRA compatriots back in Ireland, The Devil's Own conveniently avoids any detailed understanding of the Northern Ireland conflict, focusing instead on the cop's moral dilemma when he discovers that his young guest is a terrorist. The film is superbly acted, and overall it's quite worthwhile, but don't look to it for an abundance of plot logic or an in-depth understanding of Protestant-Catholic tensions in Northern Ireland. (For that, take a look at In the Name of the Father or the underrated historical biopic Michael Collins.) --Jeff Shannon.
Customer Reviews:
I wanted a different ending.......2007-01-26
When Hollywood finally chooses to make a movie about the struggles, it of course chooses to tell us that even though those nasty Prods have no problem killing our people in cold blood, obtaining the arms to fight back is wrong and must be stopped by Captain America aka Harrison Ford. Please spare me from this awful movie. Shades of Tom Clancy and the rest of the UK suck ups in Hollywood. How would they like it if Malibu was taken over by "gasp" republicans andresidency was limited to non-actors and they had to live in San Bernadino?
The Devil's Own.......2006-07-28
I don't like to tell the story of the movie. I feel that it is something for you to see. This movie touched my feelings on the plight of a situtation that has been going on for years with no end in sight. In the fight that is still raging today in another country brings and individual who thinks he can make a difference into our own country to purchase items they believe will help them and the extremes that a person will go through to help his country and cause to win the war they have been fighting all their lives for.
One Of Both Ford's & Pitt's Best Films.......2006-04-24
Harrison Ford has done a done a considerable amount of movies I have really enjoyed and this is one of my favorites. It has a great story, good acting, nice photography and a pleasing soundtrack. It also has an excellent mixture of violence and lulls, not overdoing either and some excellent suspense. All of that adds up to a good two hours of entertainment.
Pitt also excels in here as the IRA terrorist who is extremely bitter, violently so, since as a young boy he witnessed his father's murder. It has to be one of Pitt's best performances.. Ford plays a New York City cop and an honest, good one at that, which is nice to see in a modern-day film in which filmmakers prefer to show corrupt policemen. Another very strong point of this film was the ending. When you read someone writing it was "unsatisfactory," don't believe it. Morally, the only objection I had to this film - other than the Lord's name in vain - was too much credence given to Pitt's revenge and violent lifestyle being "understandable" under the circumstances. No, sorry, but as sweet as revenge is to all of us, it shouldn't be condoned.
I love the Irish music in here, especially the final song sung during the ending credits. It's beautiful, so don't just the film off too soon.
I am Oirish and I thought it was quite good...........2005-07-29
OK, so I'll admit that Brad Pitt's accent is not perfect and there's no way any IRA man would be that pretty (imagine if Brad Pitt looked like Gerry Adams - I doubt he would get as many roles). But the accent is actually not that bad, and Belfast people do actually say "foks sake" quite frequently.
I agree there are some dubious moments in the plot and that the action scenes are a little far fetched, but hey, this is Hollywood, and there is enough of a "gritty realism" feel imparted elsewhere to distract the viewer from these minor inconsistencies.
Harrison Ford plays the same character he played in Patriot Games / Air Force 1 / The Fugitive, which is fine by me since I enjoyed all those movies and I am a big Harrison fan.
I didn't find the plot partucularly confusing (it's pretty straightforward really). And although I certainly wouldn't venture to say that the script delivers chapter and verse on the hellishly complicated political situation in N. Ireland, it does at least go some way to explaining the mechanisms (personal revenge, indoctrination) that drive the cycle of violence there.
And the bittersweet ending has the desired effect.
A biassed image of the Irish struggle for freedom.......2005-03-30
Ireland and the Irish have always been a mystery and this film looks at the fight for independence in Northern Ireland from both a sympathetic and hostile point of view. It sends a mixed message. On one hand it shows how the IRA is motivated into fighting by the atrocities they have lived for several centuries : rejection, assassinations, segregation, even apartheid because they are catholic and Irish by origin and roots. It shows the ruthlessness of the British forces, their principle that you do not have to capture opponents but to kill them since they are not fighting for their freedom but are only terrorists, a word that is used haphazardly and that excuses the protestant militias, the British secret services and even the British armed forces and police. On the other hand it is entirely biassed and only show how these IRA people are to be rejected and have to be rejected and tracked by normal people including normal Irishmen, particularly in the US. It is an Irish cop in New York who unknowingly lodges and covers the militant from Ireland with a pack of lies arranged by an Irish judge in New York too. The deal the Irish militant is in New York for gets sour and he has to clean up the plate of the arm-traffickers and smugglers. But then the British secret services and the FBI get into the picture. So the Irish NYPD cop tries to capture the militant himself to avoid his being coldbloodedly slaughtered by the British secret services. Hence the confrontation of the two. The NY cop has a duty, though he understands the motivations of his opponent, his alter ego. The militant has a duty too, and he will have to be killed not to perform it. And what has to happen happens. Though we are told it is not an American story (implied : that ends well) but an Irish ballad (implied : that ends in blood and tears), it is both an Irish ballad ending in blood and tears and an American story because the good ending is also a happy ending but for the British secret services and for the establishment that refuses any armed struggle against oppression and qualifies it as terroristic. Order is thus saved even if some millions of catholic people are still submitted to a century-old oppression by protestant foreigners.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU
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Average customer rating:
- I wanted a different ending
- The Devil's Own
- One Of Both Ford's & Pitt's Best Films
- I am Oirish and I thought it was quite good....
- A biassed image of the Irish struggle for freedom
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Starring: Harrison Ford , Brad Pitt , Margaret Colin , Rubén Blades , and Treat Williams
Director: Alan J. Pakula
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Amazon.com
Any movie starring Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford has got to be worth seeing, right? That's as close to a guarantee as this well-meaning thriller ever gets, however, and the talents of Pitt and Ford are absolutely vital in making any sense out of this dramatically muddled scenario. Ostensibly the movie's about an IRA terrorist (Pitt) who escapes from British troops in Belfast and travels to New York City, where he stays in the home of a seasoned cop (Ford) who has no idea of the terrorist's true identity. (Why a veteran cop would host a complete stranger in his home is one of those shaky details you're better off not thinking about.) But while Pitt's passionate character waits to make an arms deal for his IRA compatriots back in Ireland, The Devil's Own conveniently avoids any detailed understanding of the Northern Ireland conflict, focusing instead on the cop's moral dilemma when he discovers that his young guest is a terrorist. The film is superbly acted, and overall it's quite worthwhile, but don't look to it for an abundance of plot logic or an in-depth understanding of Protestant-Catholic tensions in Northern Ireland. (For that, take a look at In the Name of the Father or the underrated historical biopic Michael Collins.) --Jeff Shannon.
Customer Reviews:
I wanted a different ending.......2007-01-26
When Hollywood finally chooses to make a movie about the struggles, it of course chooses to tell us that even though those nasty Prods have no problem killing our people in cold blood, obtaining the arms to fight back is wrong and must be stopped by Captain America aka Harrison Ford. Please spare me from this awful movie. Shades of Tom Clancy and the rest of the UK suck ups in Hollywood. How would they like it if Malibu was taken over by "gasp" republicans andresidency was limited to non-actors and they had to live in San Bernadino?
The Devil's Own.......2006-07-28
I don't like to tell the story of the movie. I feel that it is something for you to see. This movie touched my feelings on the plight of a situtation that has been going on for years with no end in sight. In the fight that is still raging today in another country brings and individual who thinks he can make a difference into our own country to purchase items they believe will help them and the extremes that a person will go through to help his country and cause to win the war they have been fighting all their lives for.
One Of Both Ford's & Pitt's Best Films.......2006-04-24
Harrison Ford has done a done a considerable amount of movies I have really enjoyed and this is one of my favorites. It has a great story, good acting, nice photography and a pleasing soundtrack. It also has an excellent mixture of violence and lulls, not overdoing either and some excellent suspense. All of that adds up to a good two hours of entertainment.
Pitt also excels in here as the IRA terrorist who is extremely bitter, violently so, since as a young boy he witnessed his father's murder. It has to be one of Pitt's best performances.. Ford plays a New York City cop and an honest, good one at that, which is nice to see in a modern-day film in which filmmakers prefer to show corrupt policemen. Another very strong point of this film was the ending. When you read someone writing it was "unsatisfactory," don't believe it. Morally, the only objection I had to this film - other than the Lord's name in vain - was too much credence given to Pitt's revenge and violent lifestyle being "understandable" under the circumstances. No, sorry, but as sweet as revenge is to all of us, it shouldn't be condoned.
I love the Irish music in here, especially the final song sung during the ending credits. It's beautiful, so don't just the film off too soon.
I am Oirish and I thought it was quite good...........2005-07-29
OK, so I'll admit that Brad Pitt's accent is not perfect and there's no way any IRA man would be that pretty (imagine if Brad Pitt looked like Gerry Adams - I doubt he would get as many roles). But the accent is actually not that bad, and Belfast people do actually say "foks sake" quite frequently.
I agree there are some dubious moments in the plot and that the action scenes are a little far fetched, but hey, this is Hollywood, and there is enough of a "gritty realism" feel imparted elsewhere to distract the viewer from these minor inconsistencies.
Harrison Ford plays the same character he played in Patriot Games / Air Force 1 / The Fugitive, which is fine by me since I enjoyed all those movies and I am a big Harrison fan.
I didn't find the plot partucularly confusing (it's pretty straightforward really). And although I certainly wouldn't venture to say that the script delivers chapter and verse on the hellishly complicated political situation in N. Ireland, it does at least go some way to explaining the mechanisms (personal revenge, indoctrination) that drive the cycle of violence there.
And the bittersweet ending has the desired effect.
A biassed image of the Irish struggle for freedom.......2005-03-30
Ireland and the Irish have always been a mystery and this film looks at the fight for independence in Northern Ireland from both a sympathetic and hostile point of view. It sends a mixed message. On one hand it shows how the IRA is motivated into fighting by the atrocities they have lived for several centuries : rejection, assassinations, segregation, even apartheid because they are catholic and Irish by origin and roots. It shows the ruthlessness of the British forces, their principle that you do not have to capture opponents but to kill them since they are not fighting for their freedom but are only terrorists, a word that is used haphazardly and that excuses the protestant militias, the British secret services and even the British armed forces and police. On the other hand it is entirely biassed and only show how these IRA people are to be rejected and have to be rejected and tracked by normal people including normal Irishmen, particularly in the US. It is an Irish cop in New York who unknowingly lodges and covers the militant from Ireland with a pack of lies arranged by an Irish judge in New York too. The deal the Irish militant is in New York for gets sour and he has to clean up the plate of the arm-traffickers and smugglers. But then the British secret services and the FBI get into the picture. So the Irish NYPD cop tries to capture the militant himself to avoid his being coldbloodedly slaughtered by the British secret services. Hence the confrontation of the two. The NY cop has a duty, though he understands the motivations of his opponent, his alter ego. The militant has a duty too, and he will have to be killed not to perform it. And what has to happen happens. Though we are told it is not an American story (implied : that ends well) but an Irish ballad (implied : that ends in blood and tears), it is both an Irish ballad ending in blood and tears and an American story because the good ending is also a happy ending but for the British secret services and for the establishment that refuses any armed struggle against oppression and qualifies it as terroristic. Order is thus saved even if some millions of catholic people are still submitted to a century-old oppression by protestant foreigners.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU
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The Devil's Own
Starring: Harrison Ford , Brad Pitt , Margaret Colin , Rubén Blades , and Treat Williams
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Release Date: 1998-02-24 |
Customer Reviews:
THE SEASON FILM.......2002-03-07
I really think it's one of the best movies that have a nice story,also it have a very good specicel effects and a good pictuer,I belive it's one of good movies that harrison ford and brad pitt have ever made.
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Senators John McCain and Russell Feingold discuss the obstacles to campaign finance reform. Next, Charlie talks to actor Harrison Ford about the re-release of the Star Wars Trilogy and his current film that co-stars Brad Pitt called, A Devil's Own. Ford plays a New York City police officer. Finally, basketball analyst Chuck Daly talks to Charlie about coaching the dream team at the 1992 Olympics and his current job with Turner Sports.
Average customer rating:
- I wanted a different ending
- The Devil's Own
- One Of Both Ford's & Pitt's Best Films
- I am Oirish and I thought it was quite good....
- A biassed image of the Irish struggle for freedom
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Starring: Harrison Ford , Brad Pitt , Margaret Colin , Rubén Blades , and Treat Williams
Director: Alan J. Pakula
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- Spy Game (Widescreen Edition)
- Kalifornia
- The Mexican
- Patriot Games (Special Collector's Edition)
- Sleepers
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Any movie starring Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford has got to be worth seeing, right? That's as close to a guarantee as this well-meaning thriller ever gets, however, and the talents of Pitt and Ford are absolutely vital in making any sense out of this dramatically muddled scenario. Ostensibly the movie's about an IRA terrorist (Pitt) who escapes from British troops in Belfast and travels to New York City, where he stays in the home of a seasoned cop (Ford) who has no idea of the terrorist's true identity. (Why a veteran cop would host a complete stranger in his home is one of those shaky details you're better off not thinking about.) But while Pitt's passionate character waits to make an arms deal for his IRA compatriots back in Ireland, The Devil's Own conveniently avoids any detailed understanding of the Northern Ireland conflict, focusing instead on the cop's moral dilemma when he discovers that his young guest is a terrorist. The film is superbly acted, and overall it's quite worthwhile, but don't look to it for an abundance of plot logic or an in-depth understanding of Protestant-Catholic tensions in Northern Ireland. (For that, take a look at In the Name of the Father or the underrated historical biopic Michael Collins.) --Jeff Shannon.
Customer Reviews:
I wanted a different ending.......2007-01-26
When Hollywood finally chooses to make a movie about the struggles, it of course chooses to tell us that even though those nasty Prods have no problem killing our people in cold blood, obtaining the arms to fight back is wrong and must be stopped by Captain America aka Harrison Ford. Please spare me from this awful movie. Shades of Tom Clancy and the rest of the UK suck ups in Hollywood. How would they like it if Malibu was taken over by "gasp" republicans andresidency was limited to non-actors and they had to live in San Bernadino?
The Devil's Own.......2006-07-28
I don't like to tell the story of the movie. I feel that it is something for you to see. This movie touched my feelings on the plight of a situtation that has been going on for years with no end in sight. In the fight that is still raging today in another country brings and individual who thinks he can make a difference into our own country to purchase items they believe will help them and the extremes that a person will go through to help his country and cause to win the war they have been fighting all their lives for.
One Of Both Ford's & Pitt's Best Films.......2006-04-24
Harrison Ford has done a done a considerable amount of movies I have really enjoyed and this is one of my favorites. It has a great story, good acting, nice photography and a pleasing soundtrack. It also has an excellent mixture of violence and lulls, not overdoing either and some excellent suspense. All of that adds up to a good two hours of entertainment.
Pitt also excels in here as the IRA terrorist who is extremely bitter, violently so, since as a young boy he witnessed his father's murder. It has to be one of Pitt's best performances.. Ford plays a New York City cop and an honest, good one at that, which is nice to see in a modern-day film in which filmmakers prefer to show corrupt policemen. Another very strong point of this film was the ending. When you read someone writing it was "unsatisfactory," don't believe it. Morally, the only objection I had to this film - other than the Lord's name in vain - was too much credence given to Pitt's revenge and violent lifestyle being "understandable" under the circumstances. No, sorry, but as sweet as revenge is to all of us, it shouldn't be condoned.
I love the Irish music in here, especially the final song sung during the ending credits. It's beautiful, so don't just the film off too soon.
I am Oirish and I thought it was quite good...........2005-07-29
OK, so I'll admit that Brad Pitt's accent is not perfect and there's no way any IRA man would be that pretty (imagine if Brad Pitt looked like Gerry Adams - I doubt he would get as many roles). But the accent is actually not that bad, and Belfast people do actually say "foks sake" quite frequently.
I agree there are some dubious moments in the plot and that the action scenes are a little far fetched, but hey, this is Hollywood, and there is enough of a "gritty realism" feel imparted elsewhere to distract the viewer from these minor inconsistencies.
Harrison Ford plays the same character he played in Patriot Games / Air Force 1 / The Fugitive, which is fine by me since I enjoyed all those movies and I am a big Harrison fan.
I didn't find the plot partucularly confusing (it's pretty straightforward really). And although I certainly wouldn't venture to say that the script delivers chapter and verse on the hellishly complicated political situation in N. Ireland, it does at least go some way to explaining the mechanisms (personal revenge, indoctrination) that drive the cycle of violence there.
And the bittersweet ending has the desired effect.
A biassed image of the Irish struggle for freedom.......2005-03-30
Ireland and the Irish have always been a mystery and this film looks at the fight for independence in Northern Ireland from both a sympathetic and hostile point of view. It sends a mixed message. On one hand it shows how the IRA is motivated into fighting by the atrocities they have lived for several centuries : rejection, assassinations, segregation, even apartheid because they are catholic and Irish by origin and roots. It shows the ruthlessness of the British forces, their principle that you do not have to capture opponents but to kill them since they are not fighting for their freedom but are only terrorists, a word that is used haphazardly and that excuses the protestant militias, the British secret services and even the British armed forces and police. On the other hand it is entirely biassed and only show how these IRA people are to be rejected and have to be rejected and tracked by normal people including normal Irishmen, particularly in the US. It is an Irish cop in New York who unknowingly lodges and covers the militant from Ireland with a pack of lies arranged by an Irish judge in New York too. The deal the Irish militant is in New York for gets sour and he has to clean up the plate of the arm-traffickers and smugglers. But then the British secret services and the FBI get into the picture. So the Irish NYPD cop tries to capture the militant himself to avoid his being coldbloodedly slaughtered by the British secret services. Hence the confrontation of the two. The NY cop has a duty, though he understands the motivations of his opponent, his alter ego. The militant has a duty too, and he will have to be killed not to perform it. And what has to happen happens. Though we are told it is not an American story (implied : that ends well) but an Irish ballad (implied : that ends in blood and tears), it is both an Irish ballad ending in blood and tears and an American story because the good ending is also a happy ending but for the British secret services and for the establishment that refuses any armed struggle against oppression and qualifies it as terroristic. Order is thus saved even if some millions of catholic people are still submitted to a century-old oppression by protestant foreigners.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU
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The Devil's Own [Region 2]
Starring: Harrison Ford , Brad Pitt , Margaret Colin , Rubén Blades , and Treat Williams
Director: Alan J. Pakula
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