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The Devil's Own (1997)

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Average Rating: 6.3/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 5

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Average Rating: 3/5
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A policeman plays Good Samaritan to a visitor from Ireland, only to discover that he has a potentially deadly secret. Belfast-born Frankie McGuire (Brad Pitt) saw his father gunned down by enemy soldiers at the age of eight, and when he grew up he joined the Irish Republican Army, determined that one day his father's death would be avenged. An especially ruthless "volunteer," Frankie is responsible for the death of 13 British soldiers and 11 policemen. After a particularly bloody battle, Frankie

Feb 24, 1998

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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All Critics (53) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (25) | DVD (7)

Though Hour 2's heavy emphasis on physical and emotional confrontations stimulates dramatic momentum, this respectable superstar meeting is finally, of all things, ordinary.

January 1, 2000 Comment
USA Today
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Presents itself as being about Something Important, whereas in fact it is really about nothing very much at all.

January 26, 2010 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | Comment
Antagony & Ecstasy

Finally just another schoolmarmish prestige piece touting America's moral superiority

July 16, 2008 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | Comment (1)
Film Freak Central

A disappointing entry in the IRA thriller sub-genre. Ford and Pitt try their best, but Pitt was miscast and both were betrayed by a mediocre scrpt.

April 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

What's left is a lot of moral grappling, not all of which has one iota of relevance to the plot.

July 30, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

A cobbled-together mess of conflicting tones.

September 18, 2005 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | Comment
TheMovieReport.com

The line 'This is not an American story, it's an Irish one' means nothing ... it is a story as American as McNuggets -- all extra-crispy coating and no real meat underneath.

December 6, 2004 Comment
Looking Closer

Messy, but still strangely appealing

April 27, 2003 Comment
Moviehole

Unjustly dismissed and really quite watchable, despite Brad Pitt's silly Irish accent.

January 16, 2003 Comment
Flipside Movie Emporium
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They came from different worlds. They fought for different causes.

December 13, 2009
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Wahida K

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This film is as good as Brad Pitt?s Irish accent (although he mastered it in Snatch).

September 25, 2009
SirPant

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