In The Dark Streets of Boston..

Rating: 7/10 (30 September 2013)

In my project of watching IMDb's Top 250 list (of August 9 2013) I have come to number 245, which is Clint Eastwood's "Mystic River" from 2003.
The film follows the childhood friends Jimmy Markum (Sean Penn), Sean Devine (Kevin Bacon) and Dave Boyle (Tim Robbins). One day, while playing hockey in the streets of Boston, Dave is kidnapped and sexually abused by two men for four days. The story jumps forward to the present, where the boys (now grown-ups) are still living in Boston, but they do not participate in the same social circles. Jimmy now owns his own neighborhood store, where his 19-year-old daughter Katie also works. One night Katie goes out with her friends to a local bar, where the traumatized Dave is sitting. He comes home late with blood on his clothes and a big scar on his hand. The same night Katie is murdered and the mystery of her death begins.
I think Penn, Bacon and Robbins do a great job in their lead roles. Marcia Gay Harden also does a great job as Boyle's distraught wife, Celeste. The Boston setting is fantastic and the overall mood is dark and mystic. Eastwood did a good job with this one, so I will give it 7 out of 10 stars. A good movie, but one I'll probably not watch it again.