Review of Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008) by Aaron Hillis for Village Voice — 17 Aug 2009
The unfitting flashiness and clunky segues between thriller and melodrama kill any real sense of tension, making this a poor man's "Donnie Brasco"--that is, if its self-congratulation and failure to contextualize the values on both sides of the ethno-political struggle didn't already make it the poor man's "Hunger.
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This review of Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008) was written by Aaron Hillis and published by Village Voice on 17 Aug 2009.
Fifty Dead Men Walking has generally received positive reviews.
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