Chicago – With the right role and the right director, Channing Tatum manages to convince me that he is in fact a decent actor. He’s delivered enough solid work to illustrate that he’s more than just empty eye candy (in other words, he’s no Taylor Lautner). So why does Tatum continue to forge collaborations with Dito Montiel, a director who has a knack for making him look like an amateur?
There’s nothing remotely compelling or magnetic about Tatum’s work in “The Son of No One,” a star-studded dud that marks the third directorial effort of Montiel. After his hyper-stylized debut effort, “A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints,” and forgettable sports drama, “Fighting,” Montiel has hit a new low with this dull and predictable crime drama. The level of misused talent in the ensemble is as staggering as it is depressing.
DVD Rating: 1.5/5.0
Corrupt cops are a...
There’s nothing remotely compelling or magnetic about Tatum’s work in “The Son of No One,” a star-studded dud that marks the third directorial effort of Montiel. After his hyper-stylized debut effort, “A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints,” and forgettable sports drama, “Fighting,” Montiel has hit a new low with this dull and predictable crime drama. The level of misused talent in the ensemble is as staggering as it is depressing.
DVD Rating: 1.5/5.0
Corrupt cops are a...
- 3/1/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Dito Montiel's The Son of No One arrives on Blu-ray and DVD combo pack February 21 from Anchor Bay. Channing Tatum, Katie Holmes, Al Pacino, Juliette Binoche, Tracy Morgan, and Ray Liotta star in this gritty drama that premiered at Sundance in 2011. I am a fan of cop dramas that show how messed up our society is and enjoyed this film to an extent. The film's ensemble cast and concept are solid, but the story and script fell flat.
The story follows a rookie cop named Jonathan White (Tatum) who gets transferred to a precinct in Queens in the neighborhood he grew up in. White's father was a cop, who worked and died on duty at the same precinct. As a result of his father's death, his childhood was horrible. Jonathan has beaten the odds, and his life is actually as normal as possible. He has a wife (Holmes) and a daughter,...
The story follows a rookie cop named Jonathan White (Tatum) who gets transferred to a precinct in Queens in the neighborhood he grew up in. White's father was a cop, who worked and died on duty at the same precinct. As a result of his father's death, his childhood was horrible. Jonathan has beaten the odds, and his life is actually as normal as possible. He has a wife (Holmes) and a daughter,...
- 2/19/2012
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Chicago – In our latest police thriller edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of “The Son of No One” starring Channing Tatum and Al Pacino!
“The Son of No One” also stars Katie Holmes, Ray Liotta, Tracy Morgan, Juliette Binoche, Jake Cherry, James Ransone, Ursula Parker, Brian Gilbert, Simone Joy Jones, Roger Guenveur Smith, Michael Rivera and Sean Cregan from writer and director Dito Montiel. The film opens in Chicago on Nov. 4, 2011.
To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “The Son of No One” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This advance screening is on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011 at 8 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and win can be found beneath the graphic below.
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“The Son of No One” also stars Katie Holmes, Ray Liotta, Tracy Morgan, Juliette Binoche, Jake Cherry, James Ransone, Ursula Parker, Brian Gilbert, Simone Joy Jones, Roger Guenveur Smith, Michael Rivera and Sean Cregan from writer and director Dito Montiel. The film opens in Chicago on Nov. 4, 2011.
To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “The Son of No One” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This advance screening is on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011 at 8 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and win can be found beneath the graphic below.
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- 10/30/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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Today’s Videos of the Week are three new clips for Channing Tatum’s crime thriller ‘The Son of No One‘, a searing police thriller where Jonathan “Milk” White (Channing Tatum) is a second-generation cop who gets in over his head when he’s assigned to re-open a double homicide cold case in his Queens neighborhood.
An anonymous source feeding new information on the long-unsolved murders to a local reporter (Juliette Binoche) leads to evidence suggesting a possible cover-up by the former lead detective (Academy Award® winner Al Pacino), who was on the investigation. As Jonathan digs deeper into the assignment, a dark secret about the case emerges, which threatens to destroy his life and his family.
Written and directed by Dito Montiel, the stellar cast includes Academy Award® winner Al Pacino, Ray Liotta, Katie Holmes, Academy Award® winner Juliette Binoche, “30 Rock” funnyman Tracy Morgan and James Ransone, in addition to Channing Tatum.
Today’s Videos of the Week are three new clips for Channing Tatum’s crime thriller ‘The Son of No One‘, a searing police thriller where Jonathan “Milk” White (Channing Tatum) is a second-generation cop who gets in over his head when he’s assigned to re-open a double homicide cold case in his Queens neighborhood.
An anonymous source feeding new information on the long-unsolved murders to a local reporter (Juliette Binoche) leads to evidence suggesting a possible cover-up by the former lead detective (Academy Award® winner Al Pacino), who was on the investigation. As Jonathan digs deeper into the assignment, a dark secret about the case emerges, which threatens to destroy his life and his family.
Written and directed by Dito Montiel, the stellar cast includes Academy Award® winner Al Pacino, Ray Liotta, Katie Holmes, Academy Award® winner Juliette Binoche, “30 Rock” funnyman Tracy Morgan and James Ransone, in addition to Channing Tatum.
- 10/21/2011
- by Channing Tatum Unwrapped
- Channing Tatum Unwrapped
Reviewed by Jeremy Mathews
(from the 2011 Sundance Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: Dito Montiel
Starring: Channing Tatum, Al Pacino, Juliette Binoche, Ray Liotta, Katie Holmes, Brian Gilbert, Jake Cherry, Sean Cregan, Simone Joy Jones and Tracy Morgan
It’s hard to say what’s more absurd, the plot of “The Son of No One” or director Dito Montiel’s storytelling choices. The film relies on a ridiculous premise that would be distracting in a finely crafted work. Add that to this jumbled mess, and it makes for a cinematic disaster.
Presumably Montiel’s material looks better on paper, because he assembled a pretty impressive cast. Channing Tatum plays Jonathan White, a cop who has returned to the force in the same Queensborough precinct where his father worked before he was killed in the line of duty. The story takes place in 2002, in a New York still recovering from 9/11, and flashes...
(from the 2011 Sundance Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: Dito Montiel
Starring: Channing Tatum, Al Pacino, Juliette Binoche, Ray Liotta, Katie Holmes, Brian Gilbert, Jake Cherry, Sean Cregan, Simone Joy Jones and Tracy Morgan
It’s hard to say what’s more absurd, the plot of “The Son of No One” or director Dito Montiel’s storytelling choices. The film relies on a ridiculous premise that would be distracting in a finely crafted work. Add that to this jumbled mess, and it makes for a cinematic disaster.
Presumably Montiel’s material looks better on paper, because he assembled a pretty impressive cast. Channing Tatum plays Jonathan White, a cop who has returned to the force in the same Queensborough precinct where his father worked before he was killed in the line of duty. The story takes place in 2002, in a New York still recovering from 9/11, and flashes...
- 2/2/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Jeremy Mathews
(from the 2011 Sundance Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: Dito Montiel
Starring: Channing Tatum, Al Pacino, Juliette Binoche, Ray Liotta, Katie Holmes, Brian Gilbert, Jake Cherry, Sean Cregan, Simone Joy Jones and Tracy Morgan
It’s hard to say what’s more absurd, the plot of “The Son of No One” or director Dito Montiel’s storytelling choices. The film relies on a ridiculous premise that would be distracting in a finely crafted work. Add that to this jumbled mess, and it makes for a cinematic disaster.
Presumably Montiel’s material looks better on paper, because he assembled a pretty impressive cast. Channing Tatum plays Jonathan White, a cop who has returned to the force in the same Queensborough precinct where his father worked before he was killed in the line of duty. The story takes place in 2002, in a New York still recovering from 9/11, and flashes...
(from the 2011 Sundance Film Festival)
Directed/Written by: Dito Montiel
Starring: Channing Tatum, Al Pacino, Juliette Binoche, Ray Liotta, Katie Holmes, Brian Gilbert, Jake Cherry, Sean Cregan, Simone Joy Jones and Tracy Morgan
It’s hard to say what’s more absurd, the plot of “The Son of No One” or director Dito Montiel’s storytelling choices. The film relies on a ridiculous premise that would be distracting in a finely crafted work. Add that to this jumbled mess, and it makes for a cinematic disaster.
Presumably Montiel’s material looks better on paper, because he assembled a pretty impressive cast. Channing Tatum plays Jonathan White, a cop who has returned to the force in the same Queensborough precinct where his father worked before he was killed in the line of duty. The story takes place in 2002, in a New York still recovering from 9/11, and flashes...
- 2/2/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
I actually almost enjoyed a movie that starred Channing Tatum... almost, and you know how much I don’t enjoy Tatum’s work. The film is called The Son of No One, and it had the makings of being a pretty great movie. It was directed by Dito Montiel, and had a great cast of actors around Tatum that included Al Pacino, Katie Holmes, Tracy Morgan and Ray Liotta. This is definitely the best performance that Tatum has given in a movie. It also had a very thrilling and engaging cop story that sucked me in from the very beginning of the film.
As I sat and watched The Son of No One, the film was shaping up to be one of my favorite movies at the Sundance Film Festival. I was loving it! But, it completely lost me during the last ten minutes of the movie. Everything was great until that ending.
As I sat and watched The Son of No One, the film was shaping up to be one of my favorite movies at the Sundance Film Festival. I was loving it! But, it completely lost me during the last ten minutes of the movie. Everything was great until that ending.
- 1/25/2011
- by venkman
- GeekTyrant
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