City Of Ghosts
"A brilliant film!"-Jeffrey Lyons, WNBC-TV
There are places where your eyes deceive you, your thoughts betray you and desire can get you killed. Matt Dillon (Wild Things) makes his directorial debut and stars with James Caan (Misery), Natascha McElhone (Solaris), Gerard Depardieu (The Man In the Iron Mask) and Stellan Skarsgard (Ronin) in this "exotic" (Film Threat) crime thriller that "drips with atmosphere" (The Hollywood Reporter).
After a bogus insurance scam sparks an FBI investigation, front man Jimmy Cremmins (Dillon) flees to Cambodia to meet his mentor, Marvin (Caan). But Jimmy gets more than he bargains for when-against a backdrop of raw, dangerous beauty and ever-shifting loyalties-Marvin draws him into a web of deceit and murder from which there may be no way out!
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tremely powerful movie telling the tale of a Ponzi scheme fugitive - Porkchop
CITY OF GHOSTS is an extremely powerful movie, telling a story that
will pull the audience's intellectual, moral, rational and emotional
strings.
The strengths of this picture, is its no-nonsense, mature approach in
telling the tale of a Ponzi scheme creator, an insurance company that
had no underlying reserves and no intentions in paying any claims
that could arise from the policies underwritten. These were popular
from their under-priced competitiveness, sold by Matt Dillon. Of
course, when a hurricane hits Florida, the Carolinas, and people
submit claims for their losses, the owner disappears.
Matt Dillon and James Caan, demonstrate extreme acting skill, and
credibility, with a subtle, meaningful presence throughout the 90
mins.
The cinematography is simply excellent, in all filming situations.
The soundtrack is also equally outstanding, with immense discernment
in the numbers selected, in the many tense moments. It is able to
enhance a multitude of emotions, and moods set in the film.
An aspect that will worry the audience, throughout, is the morality
and the character of the individuals who are comparable to quicksand.
The characters dealing with those who ran the Ponzi, and laundered
the profits (Russian mobsters).
The Third World status nature of those locales is reinforced, as the
film shows still existing mine-fields, devastated farm
infrastructure, high ranking officials leaking the identities of
incoming visitors.
Some aspects, may be difficult to stomach for some audiences, such as
executions, kidnapping, ransoms, or the absolute power of those
holding cold hard cash in a nation with a big disparity of incomes.
Clearly, this story will leave the audience in the theatres immensely
satisfied in having been taken on this dream-like voyage, showing the
horrible human consequences of certain wrong choices, in this case,
the embezzle
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tremely powerful movie telling the tale of a Ponzi scheme fugitive - Porkchop
CITY OF GHOSTS is an extremely powerful movie, telling a story that
will pull the audience's intellectual, moral, rational and emotional
strings.
The strengths of this picture, is its no-nonsense, mature approach in
telling the tale of a Ponzi ...