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Michael R. Röksam
Film Review: Animal Psychology Charges Rugged Thug Tale ‘The Drop’
Submitted by NickHC on September 12, 2014 - 10:17amCHICAGO – For a film adapted from “Mystic River” and “Gone Baby Gone” author Dennis Lehane, there are no children in danger in “The Drop,” but there is a pit bull puppy named Rocco. The dog’s involvement in the story, an animal who gets as many closeups this side of a Charles Martin Smith film, invites the uncharacteristically blunt metaphor of how creatures fight for power, or even just the impression of power.
