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The Drop
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The Drop Movie Review

Now available on Blu-ray and DVD (Buy on Amazon)

Don’t mess with Tom Hardy. Just don’t. Because he’s a badass, and badasses always win when you mess with them. He plays a badass in The Drop, but not the kind of I-will-find-you-and-I-will-kill-you-Liam-Neeson kind of badass. He plays the soft-spoken guy who stands there, takes your shit like a docile bunny rabbit and then destroys you when you’re least expecting it.

The Drop stars Hardy as Bob, a bartender at a Brooklyn bar that is technically owned by Chechen mobsters and managed by Tony Soprano himself, the late James Gandolfini. But after a robbery puts them at odds with the mobsters--and police--Bob begins to realize there is a lot more going on than first appears.

A crime drama that relies more on subtlety than action and violence, but that still offers a little of both, The Drop draws you in with its rich characters and actors. Hardy is great, Gandolfini is solid in his final theatrical release and Noomi Rapace is pretty good as well. More importantly, the fluctuating and sometimes nebulous dynamics between the various characters is what keeps things interesting, and keeps you guessing as to what is going to happen next.

The Drop isn’t the most explosive of movies and its nuanced plot ensures it’s not the kind of movie that will be remembered a decade from now, but it’s a solid crime drama that at the very least proves one thing: Tom Hardy is, indeed, a badass. Don’t mess with him.

Review by Erik Samdahl unless otherwise indicated.

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