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Journey to the End of the Night

R 2006 1h 28m Mystery & Thriller List
Reviews 43% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings
Sinatra (Scott Glenn) and his adult son, Paul (Brendan Fraser), live on the edge of the law in the Brazilian urban jungle of Sao Paulo. They make a meager living running a brothel, but what profits they make Paul gambles away. When a customer dies on their premises, leaving behind a suitcase brimming with drugs, Sinatra sees a way to start a new life for his new wife and her young child. But his scheme quickly gets complicated when Paul sees the opportunity to take a calculated risk. Read More Read Less

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Luke Buckmaster Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) an edgy, pacey, São Paulo-set crime flick with neo-noirish vibes and a sticky streetside texture reminiscent in more contemporary terms of a Safdie brothers production. Feb 17, 2023 Full Review Joseph Proimakis Movies for the Masses %u03B7 %u03C0%u03C1%u03BF%u03C3%u03C0%u03AC%u03B8%u03B5%u03B9%u03AC %u03C4%u03BF%u03C5 %u03BD%u03B1 %u03C4%u03BF %u03C1%u03AF%u03BE%u03B5%u03B9 %u03C3%u03C4%u03BF %u03C8%u03C5%u03C7%u03BF%u03BB%u03BF%u03B3%u03B9%u03BA%u03CC, %u03C0%u03B1%u03B8%u03B1%u03AF Rated: 2/5 Jun 7, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member A reasonably enjoyable film but a bit confusing with the amount of different characters in it who I couldn't keep track of who they were. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member if you're looking to love Brendan Fraser in this -- you won't-- in fact i almost hated him after watching this... You actually want his dad to come out on top -- then the flip happens and you feel for Brendan's character. I have no idea what the people who hated it were watching -- it was a solid, yet dark, movie. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review don s An exotic dancing night club owner and his son, Americans in Brazil, find a suitcase of cocaine and broker a deal of a lifetime. It takes a special kind of stupid to have no back-up plan, and these idiots looking for a cash-grab are just that kind of special. Their mule dies after sex with a cross-dressing prostitute, and they must rely on a dishwasher from the club to be the mule. I wanted to enjoy this - I really like Fraser - but these characters are cyphers and you can't root for or care about them. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member a thrilling or at least entertaining piece of a colliding crime story piece with some good names to use in interesting films like this as each stars screen talent's used to good extent in this dark Brazilian landscape. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Frances H Thought I'd give it a watch because I like Brendan Fraser (or used to) and Scott Glenn, but the plot here is about such despicable people I couldn't bring myself to finish it. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/01/14 Full Review Audience Member Brendan Fraser should avoid playing the bad guy. Maybe avoid drama altogether and still to comedies, animated movies and children's movies. His portrayal of a badass villain is so bad it's laughable - you'd think it was a parody of a villain. His performance is so bad it goes past good and back to bad again. However, Fraser does not single-handedly ruin the movie, though his performance was capable of doing that. The plot is wafer-thin too. Tries too hard to be gritty and instead ends up a random, gratuitous-violence filled mess. Just seems to drift along haphazrdly with no point at all. Mos Def's performance is one of the few positive aspects of the movie. Quite convincing. Scott Glenn is pretty solid in his role too. Other plus is that the movie is reasonably short... Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Sinatra (Scott Glenn) and his adult son, Paul (Brendan Fraser), live on the edge of the law in the Brazilian urban jungle of Sao Paulo. They make a meager living running a brothel, but what profits they make Paul gambles away. When a customer dies on their premises, leaving behind a suitcase brimming with drugs, Sinatra sees a way to start a new life for his new wife and her young child. But his scheme quickly gets complicated when Paul sees the opportunity to take a calculated risk.
Director
Eric Eason
Screenwriter
Eric Eason
Production Co
Equity Pictures Medienfonds, O2 Filmes, Swingin' Productions
Rating
R (Some Drug Use|Sexual Content|Pervasive Language|Strong Violence)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 27, 2016
Runtime
1h 28m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital