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Mar 22, 2019 · Most of “Dragged” is shot in low light, especially the final hour, but Zahler has a great sense of space and blocking, which helps keeps the film engrossing. And he draws a fascinating, world-weary performance from Gibson, who reminds one how good he can be with the right material.
- What Happens in Dragged Across Concrete's Ending
- What Was The Point of Showing Kelly's morning?
- Why Didn't Henry Tell The Bank Robbers They Were Being Followed by Cops?
- Why Did Cheryl Kill Lurasetti?
- Will Henry Release The video?
- What Does Henry's Final Line Mean?
- The Real Meaning of Dragged Across Concrete's Ending
Dragged Across Concreterevolves around two very different characters with the exact same goal: to give their families a better life. Detective Ridgeman wants to steal the gold from the bank heist so that he can move his family to a safer neighborhood where his daughter won’t be constantly harassed. Henry Johns, one of the two getaway drivers hired ...
Dragged Across Concrete follows the perspectives of a few different characters in its sprawling ensemble. It shows Ridgeman and Lurasetti dealing with the fallout of their brutality, Henry desperately trying to make ends meet, and Vogelmann and his team preparing for the heist. But the biggest detour in the movie is when it shows bank employee Kell...
When Henry is driving the bank robbers’ van out to their remote garage, he notices that Ridgeman and Lurasetti are tailing them. But he keeps this information to himself and doesn’t tell Vogelmann or his cronies. Henry doesn’t explicitly tell anyone why he kept the presence of the cops a secret, but it’s not difficult to decipher. After seeing the ...
Cheryl is the bank employee that the robbers take hostage. During the standoff with Ridgeman and Lurasetti, Cheryl is sent to collect the body of Biscuit, Henry’s fellow getaway driver. When it seems like Cheryl is escaping from the van, Lurasetti goes over to help her. Cheryl gets spooked and fatally shoots Lurasetti, after which Ridgeman instinct...
During Henry's climactic negotiation with the surviving detective, he reveals that he caught Ridgeman and Lurasetti breaking the law on video. He threatens to release the video if Ridgeman turns on him. The movie doesn’t reveal if Henry released the video of Ridgeman and Lurasetti getting their hands dirty in the aftermath of the heist, but it seem...
In the final scene at the end of Dragged Across Concrete, when Henry is shown living in a lavish mansion with his family, he sits down with his brother to play a hunting video game called Shotgun Safari. Before they play the game, Henry utters the last line of the film: “Let’s hunt some lions.” This isn’t just a reference to the gameplay; it seems ...
The message of the Dragged Across Concrete ending is the same bleak theme carried by most classic film noir movies: the world is unfair, and justice isn’t always served. Lurasetti is killed by accident despite his efforts to be a good cop. Ridgeman’s family anonymously receives some gold in the mail to help with their financial situation, but they’...
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The problem is that, whereas Bone Tomahawk and Brawl in Cell Block 99 were 132 minutes long (slightly more than the typical drama), Dragged Across Concrete is 159 minutes long. Most movies aren't 159 minutes long; it's legitimately difficult to keep an audience interested in a movie that long, even moreso when the style is not viscerally appealing.
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Mar 20, 2019 · March 20, 2019. A dribbling tear tells you much about “Dragged Across Concrete,” a self-satisfied slow burn of a movie. This salty emanation slides through a slit that a very bad man with a ...
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About: S. Craig Zahler is somewhat of a screenwriting legend. At one point he’d sold over a dozen [unproduced] screenplays. Since then, Zahler’s graduated into directing, and his newest project is the delicately titled, “Dragged Across Concrete.”. Sounds like a biopic about safe spaces. Zahler will be bringing back the star of his ...
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