25th Hour 2002 123movies

Watch: 25th Hour 2002 123movies, Full Movie Online – The 25th Hour depicts the last day of freedom for a young man before he begins serving a seven-year jail term for drug dealing. Prowling through the city until dawn with his two close male friends and his girlfriend, he is forced to re-examine his life and how he got himself into his predicament, which leads to a shocking, disturbing finale..
Plot: In New York City in the days following the events of 9/11, Monty Brogan is a convicted drug dealer about to start a seven-year prison sentence, and his final hours of freedom are devoted to hanging out with his closest buddies and trying to prepare his girlfriend for his extended absence.
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Ratings:

	7.6/10 Votes: 179,543
	79% | RottenTomatoes
	68/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 2011 Popularity: 16.928 | TMDB

Reviews:

Masterpiece of human emotion
‘I tattooed ‘survive’ on my hand the night before I went away to prison. And I did. We do what we have to do to survive.’

I don’t think I can remember a film that has put me more on an emotive level with the main character as this film has. Edward Norton plays Monty Brogan – he’s not the nicest of people by anyone’s standards – and certainly no one you should feel sorry for. But having said that, I have never felt so sorry for the bad guy as I did watching this film. We watch the anguish of Monty during his last 24 hours on the ‘outside’ before he must go to prison for seven years, knowing completely what is in store for him on the ‘inside’.

Set in post 9/11 New York City, we are constantly reminded of humanity and the need to bond together and to make the most of the little time we have; as do Monty’s friends, including Jacob Elinsky (Hoffman), a confused and self-tortured school teacher who has strong feelings for one of the students in his class, Mary (Paquin – of X-Men and The Piano fame). Although not about to die, Monty’s world is about to turn severely bad, and there’s nothing he can do about it. Norton’s performance made me feel nervous and quite scared on his behalf, almost to the point of feeling nauseous. It made me want to forgive him, forget about his crimes and let him go (he seemed sorry for what he did – he was no longer a drug dealer – he was trying to make an effort). His performance worked. He had successfully transformed the criminal figure into your best mate and buddy, perhaps even yourself, and you genuinely feel sorry for him.

Director Spike Lee’s films usually deal with African-American themes, so it came as a surprise to me to find that this film was something very different – proving that Lee’s talent extends across multiple genres and styles.

I highly recommend 25th Hour, not just for the brilliant story, but for the emphatic feelings the film imparts on the viewer.

Nothing happens
The Royal Tenenbaums was an excellent example of how you can make a good movie from a thin, broken plot – just by developing the characters and making them exciting and intriguing. 25th Hour tries to get away with this by following a number of sub-plots into dead ends, hoping the whole thing will have some sort of cohesion come the end. It doesn’t really work, and the sad thing is that there are plenty of opportunities to develop a really good story here.

Spike Lee must take the brunt of the criticism – the direction is less than subtle and is an obvious attempt to distract from the plot’s shortcomings. Yet another example of style over substance in Hollywood. This film – and Lee’s direction – is so far up it’s own arse at some points it is cringeworthy to watch. You can imagine the stage direction in some of the scenes, “Okay Ed, really go for it here – after we add the music this’ll be your Oscar scene…”

Not awful by any means, but the fact is without the names of Norton and Lee attached, this film would have past unnoticed.

5/10

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 15 min (135 min), 1 hr 48 min (108 min) (TV) (Turkey)
Budget 5000000
Revenue 24000000
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Drama
Director Spike Lee
Writer David Benioff
Actors Edward Norton, Barry Pepper, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Country United States
Awards 4 wins & 17 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Arricam LT, Zeiss Ultra Prime Lenses, Arricam ST, Zeiss Ultra Prime Lenses
Laboratory EFILM Digital Laboratories, Hollywood (CA), USA (digital intermediate), Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA (color)
Film Length 3,698 m (Switzerland)
Negative Format 35 mm (Eastman EXR 50D 5245, Kodak Vision 200T 5274, Vision 500T 5279, Ektachrome 100D 5285, Vision 800T 5289)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Super 35 (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic) (Kodak Vision 2383)