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Stone

2010 · 1h 45m · Drama, Thriller, Action, Mystery

Skip it. Stone has all the ingredients for a grimy psychological thriller—a morally compromised cop, a manipulative convict, sexual intrigue—but this 2010 John Curran film struggles to generate real tension and devolves into a forgettable exercise in murky plotting. Unless you're completionist about Robert De Niro and Edward Norton, there are better ways to spend your evening.

Plot

Parole officer Jack Mabry has only a few weeks left before retirement and wishes to finish out the cases he's been assigned. One such case is that of Gerald 'Stone' Creeson, a convicted arsonist who is up for parole. Jack is initially reluctant to indulge Stone in the coarse banter he wishes to pursue and feels little sympathy for the prisoner's pleads for an early release. Seeing little hope in convincing Jack himself, Stone arranges for his wife to seduce the officer, but motives and intentions steadily blur amidst the passions and buried secrets of the corrupted players in this deadly game of deception.

Director: John Curran

Cast: Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Milla Jovovich, Frances Conroy, Enver Gjokaj

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