This movie will make you rip your hair out

Rating: 7/10 (28 January 2009)

This movie will make you rip your hair out, will make you question right and wrong and will push you to the edge of what you have always known about values and principles. If you know Dennis Lehane's books, which it is based on, you will know what to expect. He wrote one of the most mesmerizing novels that also became a remarkable movie directed by Clint Eastwood called Mystic River. And two other stories of his Until Gwen and Shutter Island will be out sometime this year.
This movie is directed by Ben Affleck, yes the Ben Affleck, with the starring role given to his brother Casey. Although in his usual murmuring inaudibility, the younger Affleck gives the character role somewhat of a personality which is crucial to the movie, whether he did it intentionally or not.
A simple case of kidnapping launches a massive search for the child when P.I.s Patrick Kenzie (Casey Affleck) and Angie Gennaro (Michelle Monaghan) are engaged to find the missing kid. As the investigation goes deeper both of them discover more than what they expect to find. With twists and lies surmounting from witnesses and authorities, the truth gets grittier and darker with more revelation.
This is an impressive direction from Affleck since this is his second attempt with the first being I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal at Disney, yes that's the whole title.
This is also where Morgan Freeman is Morgan Freeman and Ed Harris is Ed Harris the way they are when given the badge.
Ultimately, this movie will make you sick to your stomach when the truth becomes stark naked.