This movie is long but earns the runtime by keeping you running through its entirety. A deep family backstory builds into a crescendo and then "goes kinetic" with methodical and punctuated motion. The car chase scene was reminiscent of Vertigo on speed - equally hypnotic and teeth-clenching - definitely the best sequence. Sen Penn is the driving force throughout: the protagonist is such only in name, and Penn's antagonist fascism is the real life of the second half. An incredible, physical pe...
