The Quarry

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Incredibly slow, boring, unbelievable, annoying, obvious, stereotypes, way too much back and forth between english and spanish etc etc.. just plain dumb.

No idea why this film has got so many bad reviews! Thoroughly enjoyed this film from beginning to end. As a fan of Michael Shannon I was not disappointed, and Shea Whigham was just as good as co-lead. Nicely shot, well acted film. It is slow paced , but that doesn't mean that there wasn't anything happening. It was a nice slice of life kind of film. Totally baffled at the negative remarks!

Yes, it started out extremely slow and trust me, it didn't pick up. I almost turned it off about 20 minutes in but there was something about this film that made me stick with it a little longer. It's not a "whodunnit" by any stretch, they take care of that right away. But I was interested in the characters and the performances of the men. They were so relevant to today and the ongoing struggle in society over good v evil in whose eyes.

Story: Shea Whigham plays a Criminal 'The Man' who - after meeting and killing a Traveling Preacher - assumes his Identity. The Preacher was going from Ohia to a Small Town in Texas close to Mexico. Michael Shannon plays the small town Cop frustrated with his Career and Life. Thrown into the mix are two young Mexican Kids who - by accident - begin to uncover the true Identity of the newly arrived 'Preacher'. After arriving in the small town, the 'Preacher' begins to act his role and even starts to draw more people than usual to the local church while increasingly struggling with his criminal past. Acting: I was especially surprised by Sheas Performance in this. I've only seen him in smaller Roles such as in 'First Snow' and 'Cop Car' among others. His Portrayal in this Movie of a Criminal - hunted by his past and the terrible things he has done - essentially beginning to give up on Life itself - is excellent. By the End of this Movie his Expression and Demeanour portraying Resignation, Frustration and Depression becomes so 'real' it almost gets hard to watch. Overall: It is a Slow, Brooding, Haunting and Suspenseful 'Thriller' / Drama. Michael and Shea both give us great Performances. The Movie has issues like any other and some people might find it too slow overall. The Ending ( for me personally ) was underwhelming. With the stuff that Hollywood is giving us these days this one stands out to me. Suggest you give it a try.

Michael Shannon and Shea Whigham carry this well paced crime genre based on teh 1995 Damon Galgut novel that dealt with the effects of apartheid in South Africa. For this adaptation, it has been set in a small border town in the Lone Star State, where the racism is still alive but in this case directed at Mexican immigrants. The film directed by Scott Teems and co-written with Andrew Brotzman.

The Quarry is a slow moving thriller drama about a wanted murderer and arsonist who assumes the identity of a preacher moving to a small and downtrodden town in texas. Complicating things is the fact that the van that he is driving is broken into on the night of his arrival and soon the impostor is involved in a theft and murder investigation by the sheriff's department. Making things even worse is the fact that the sherrif is highly suspicious of the new preacher who doesn't speak a word of Spanish and has come to preach to a largely Spanish speaking community. On top of everything the impostor seems to be feeling more and more guilty for the things he has done and has to deal with that as well. The positive aspects of this movie are the performances by the actors especially Shea Wingham and Michael Shannon as the criminal and the sheriff respectively. The rest of the cast are all good as well. The negative aspects are the fact that the film slows down considerably at times and could have been speeded up. And even with being slow the ending feels somewhat rushed. It's still not a bad watch if one is in the mood for a noir sort of film and because of the good performances throughout.

The acting are great but the movie is very slow. Who will Belice someone will sent a priest that doesn't speak in the same language?