The Yards

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Steve D A strong cast and not much else. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/31/24 Full Review Hovhannes From the beginning the movie did a great job making me sympethetic to Leo. However; as the movie was nearing the end, I felt more sorry for Frank, rather than Leo. The main character Leo is an astonishing dumbass, I don't know if that was the intention of the director or that's how it turned out to be. He lives by the street code, and then imidetly throws it out of the window at the end, even though all of these could be ignored. Frank suprisingly cares more about his family than his dirty business. He treated Leo with more respect than Willie, they are in a way family after all. Leo feels betrayed but it's his fault for trusting Willie a second time, not only that if he told Frank who the true killer was in the abandoned building things could have turned out much different. What was Frank supposed to do, let him go when he thinks that Leo is the killer? That's why Leo has no right to be upset with Frank, when he threw out his best chance out of the window. I understadnd that if Frank turned on Willie that he might spill the beans, but I know he has the connections to make Willie shut up even if Willie is arrested. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 08/10/23 Full Review jack s I understand that The Yards is supposed to be about real people trying to do the best they can within a system that's rotten to the core. I also appreciate that the screenplay is supposed to be more complex than a standard good vs evil crime story. But even so, I'm sorry to say that every character onscreen (except for Wahlberg's saintly mother, played by Burstyn) is hopelessly corrupt. It's simply impossible to respect or care about any of them. For example, stand-up guy, Leo (Wahlberg) goes to prison rather than rat on his friends, but then does an about-face after his release and does exactly that to his family when he inevitably gets into trouble. Separately, Theron's character appears shocked when she suddenly learns her boyfriend (Phoenix) is a violent criminal—a fact that's perfectly obvious to every other character, as well as the viewing audience, from the beginning. Although extremely well performed all around by a fine cast, The Yards is relentlessly grim, depressing and ultimately unsatisfying. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review jelisije j An ex con that deals with the struggle of poverty, a sick dying mother, and systematic corruption. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie failed to grab my attention and I’ve never seen people act as nonchalant over major life altering things were unfolding 2.2. Then the cousins sleeping with each other gets thrown in like what . Just wasn’t fun Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/10/21 Full Review kevin c This film boasts an all star cast Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, James Caan and Faye Dunaway. Wahlberg plays a young man just out of prison for stealing cars, gets involved in his uncle's business working with his friend (Phoenix) which immediately goes awry with an unplanned murder, leading Wahlberg to go into hiding. Sounds more action-y than it is. Although it's a very good flick, it's pretty subdued but in a good way, and you'll get used to Wahlberg having the same expressionless face throughout the movie. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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