L'ombra del diavolo

Titolo originale: The Devil's Own
Regia: Alan J. Pakula |
Anno: 1997
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Crime Thriller Dramma
Tag: new york city | assassin | anonymity | showdown | chase | politics | northern ireland | revenge | terrorism | ira (irish republican army) | tragic event |
Cast: Harrison Ford | Brad Pitt | Margaret Colin | Rubén Blades | Treat Williams | George Hearn | Mitchell Ryan | Natascha McElhone | Paul Ronan | Simon Jones | Julia Stiles | Ashley Acarino | Kelly Singer | David O'Hara | David Wilmot | Anthony Brophy | Shane Dunne | Martin Dunne | Gabrielle Reidy | Samantha Conroy | Baxter Harris | Hassan Johnson | Scott Nicholson | Jonathan Earl Peck | Sixto Ramos | Mya Michaels | Brendan Kelly | Kevin Nagle | Gregory Salata | Joseph P. Dandry | Jack McKillop | Mac Orange | Malachy McCourt | Marian Tomas Griffin | Peggy Shay | Danielle McGovern | Ciarán O'Reilly | Rob Mac | Donald J. Meade | Patrick Reynolds | Peter Rufli | Debbon Ayer | Mario Polit | Chance Kelly | Greg Stebner | William Paulson | Bill Hoag | Victor Slezak | Damien Leake | Wilson Cleveland |

Frankie MgGuire, terrorista dell'IRA, lascia l'Irlanda per andare a New York sotto il falso nome di Rory Devaney. Viene ospitato da Tom O'Meara, poliziotto anche lui irlandese. I guai cominceranno quando Tom scopre che Rory tiene delle armi nasconte in un borsone.

Errori

In the opening scenes the film is meant to be set in Belfast, however the road markings are more lik [...] D
The trawler's engine is at idle during the shootout, yet afterwards, Tom only turns the ship's wheel [...] D
Tom cocks his revolver when he aims at Rory/Frankie on the boat. In subsequent shots the revolver is [...] D
Tom, as a trained veteran policeman, would always wear a seatbelt, yet in the closeup of him during [...] D
During the first shoot out Frankie yells to Ronnie and points to him. We see Ronnie turn the corner [...] D
When Frankie shoots out the car's passenger-side window with the shotgun, a tight grouping of five o [...] D
Frankie idles the trawler's engine just a few yards from the dock prior to Tom's accosting him, yet [...] D
Had Frankie gotten away from Tom and continued on his way back to Ireland, he would not have made it [...] D
After Megan tells Tom where Frankie (Rory) is going, Frankie has less than a five minute head start. [...] D
When Harrison Ford confronts Brad Pitt in the basement about the bag of money, Pitt's hairstyle chan [...] D
Tom pursues Frankie up the indoor stairs and then outside across the roof and down the sixteen foot [...] D
When taking Rory/Frankie in to the police station, Tom and his partner leave him alone, though handc [...] D
Even after Tom is made aware of Frankie's true identity, he occasionally still refers to/addresses F [...] D
At the beginning, when Frankie's Mother is dishing out the stew for dinner, she sits down, picks up [...] D
The 4x4 piece of wood Rory used to club one of the three home intruders is seen to bend like foam ru [...] D
The ring of keys that Frankie removes from the car's ignition does not have a handcuff key on it, an [...] D
Supposedly set in winter in New York, yet scenes simultaneously feature snow and fully leaved decidu [...] D
When Frankie first enters the warehouse, Burke's car is darkened and parallel on top of the railroad [...] D
At the beginning, in Belfast it's supposed to be September 1992 but the tax disc on the silver car t [...] D
Tom's revolver appears not to be loaded, and is clearly not loaded when Rory fatally shoots Eddy. D
In the 1st shootout in Ireland, when Franky is looking out the window BEFORE the shooting starts the [...] D
Before the first shootout the man changing the spare wheel on the silver car is hiding on the near s [...] D
Initially there are no nail holes in the floor where Rory hides the bag of money. Later, when Tom di [...] D
Police officers are specifically trained to act a certain way in tense situations. During the domest [...] D
In the pool game scene Frankie sinks the orange stripe ball (the thirteen ball) three times on his r [...] D
On the boat, Rory has been shot by Tom and has died, yet a close-up of his forehead shows a pulse. D