Miller's Crossing [1990]
[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100150/]
The Gist:
I've meant to see this for sometime, but I have a specific impetus for seeing it now rather than later. I was looking up old noir writers, and I came across a wikipedia article of The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett. It was apparently the writer's book, dealing with crooked crime boss and the investigation of a murder and a brewing gang war and was listed as an inspiration for Miller's Crossing. Of course, Miller's Crossing takes a different slant with it, creating a sense of intrigue and betrayal between the crime boss and his right hand man. The film has badass shootouts and Gabriel Bryne boozing around and being awesome and a plot that twists around gleefully never giving you full insight on the protagonists mindset. It's a damn good film.
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