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Sidney Lumet - The Offence (1972)

Posted By : scalisto | Date : 26 Mar 2010 21:31:19 | Comments : 10 |
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The Offence (1972)
DVD rip | 108 min | XviD 704x384 | 1278 kb/s | 192 kb/s AC3 VBR | 25 fps |1.11 GB + 3% recovery record
English | Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Dutch and Italian .srt | Drama | MU/RS

In Sidney Lumet's harrowing portrayal of police brutality, Detective Sergeant Johnson has been with the British Police Force for 20 years. In that time, the countless murders, rapes and other serious crimes he has had to investigate has left a terrible mark on him. His anger and aggression that had been suppressed for years finally surfaces when interviewing a suspect, Baxter, whom Johnson is convinced is the man that has been carrying out a series of brutal attacks on young girls. Throughout the interview Johnson brutally beats Baxter and during this ordeal he inadvertently reveals that the state of his own mind is probably no better than that of the offenders who committed the crimes that disgusted Johnson originally.





Remarkable, dark, disturbing film. Sean Connery was a perfect, suave James Bond, and many of his later films were just audience-pleasing parodies, but this man can act. His portrayal of a seemingly hard-boiled detective merge perfectly later with the sociopathic figure he really has become. This is a searing film, which creeps up on you, and stuns you with sudden realizations. Connery's character (Sergeant Johnson) would have probably lived out his career, and his life, literally drowning in his sickness and misery, but for his meeting with Baxter, a suspected child molester and murderer. As the interview progresses, Baxter can clearly see the illness and pathology in Sergeant Johnson, and each push the other's buttons, closer and closer to the edge, and beyond. The revelations revealed take you back and forth, until you don't quite know who the real deviant is.

Sean Connery and Ian Bannen were simply breathtakingly good. Great atmosphere and pacing in this dark, chilling movie. The slow, brooding, quiet pace to the film lends an air of disquiet, and an impending tragedy. (IMDB comment)

Source: DVD rip by Hammer71 (CG) Screenshots, courtesy of atomicamish






La ofensa/Hasta los dioses de equivocan
El inspector Johnson ha de ocuparse de un caso de pedofilia. Durante un interrogatorio al sospechoso, un hombre acusado de haber violado a varias niñas de la zona, pierde el control y termina por matarle, por lo cual es suspendido en su cargo. A causa de lo sucedido, cae en una depresión y, poco a poco, comienza a darse cuenta de qué fue lo que le llevó a matar al detenido: algo que ambos parecen tener en común.

Realmente lo más interesante de la película es que no importa quién es el culpable ni la resolución del caso en sí, sino la descripción psicológica del personaje interpretado por Sean Connery, un policía que poco a poco se va autodestruyendo, perdiendo continuamente el control en todo lo que dice (atención a la conversación con su esposa) y hace (atención al interrogatorio). Lumet consigue, y esto puede ser algo tan bueno como malo, despistar al espectador, con una película que en un principio es presentada como un thriller en el que hay que atrapar a un violador, y luego cambiando de tono, se nos presenta un drama personal para volver de nuevo al thriller, pero esta vez centrado en el enfrentamiento entre un policía y un sospechoso a lo largo y ancho de una secuencia en la que muy lentamente vamos cambiando nuestro centro de atención, dejando de lado al posible sospechoso e interesándonos por el personaje central.



L’inspecteur Johnson (Sean Connery) recherche activement un criminel qui agresse sexuellement des enfants. Après une nouvelle agression sur une petite fille retrouvée dans un bois, la police redouble ses recherches et un individu louche, Kenneth Baxter (Ian Bannen) est arrêté quelques heures plus tard. Suite à des premiers interrogatoires infructueux, Johnson décide d’interroger le suspect en tête en tête. Passé un long moment, des policiers, alertés par des cris, font irruption dans la salle et découvre l’homme gisant par terre. Johnson lui a porté des coups violents, et l’individu est hospitalisé en urgence. The Offence, progressivement, reconstitue le puzzle de l’interrogatoire, jusqu’à nous révéler ce qui a déclenché la fureur de Johnson.





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Posted By: acaciatree Date: 26 Mar 2010 21:39:48
Thank you. I never saw this before.
Posted By: falcojet Date: 27 Mar 2010 00:57:46
Nos tienes mal acostumbrados, amigo. Cuando tardas tiempo en volver con alguno de tus grandes aportes el tiempo se hace eterno.
Un abrazo desde el otro lado del Atlántico.
Posted By: bebol Date: 27 Mar 2010 06:30:34
Il semble très intéressant, ce film-là. Merci beaucoup, scalisto.
Posted By: vavoom67 Date: 27 Mar 2010 07:30:54
Thanks a lot
Posted By: herbie nichols Date: 27 Mar 2010 09:30:33
A great, intense must see film. Sean Connery shines.
Posted By: itsartolie Date: 27 Mar 2010 09:48:02
me neither, many thanks.
Posted By: nedjo Date: 31 Mar 2010 09:26:09
Thanks scalisto,
Posted By: Garullista Date: 07 Apr 2010 13:29:23
Gracias, Lumet, Howard y Connery juntos es garantía de calidad. Gracias
Posted By: martwwa Date: 18 Mar 2011 21:47:43
WOW, Scal, thanks for this one!!!! And, THANKS for RS/MU!!! Good work. Take care.
Posted By: ilight Date: 17 May 2011 17:29:17
thank you very much :)
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