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Synopsis:
Director
James
Gray's
second
film
is
a
dark
and
atmospheric
exploration
of
the
corruption
that
lies
underneath
both
the
surface
of
a
New
York
City
railway
manufacturing
company
and
the
family
that
runs
it.
Mark
Wahlberg
turns
in
an
impressive
and
quietly
intense
performance
as
Leo,
a
24-year-old
who
has
just
been
released
from
prison
and
is
in
need
of
a
job.
Leo
gets
a
job
working
for
his
uncle
Frank
(James
Caan)
in
the
railway
business,
where
his
best
friend,
Willie
(Joaquin
Phoenix),
shows
him
how
to
bribe
politicians
by
day
and
sabotage
the
competition's
work
by
night.
Almost
immediately
Leo
and
Willie
run
into
trouble
when
they
go
down
to
the
railway
yards
to
damage
their
competitor's
work.
Leo
is
soon
on
the
run,
hunted
for
a
murder
that
Willie
committed.
Gray's
THE
YARDS
shows
the
obvious
influence
of
Francis
Ford
Coppola's
seminal
GODFATHER
films
as
he
emphasizes
that
his
characters
inhabit
two
worlds,
one
that
follows
the
shifting
morality
of
their
businesses,
the
other
centering
around
traditional
family
life.
Aided
immeasurably
by
its
outstanding
cast,
stylish
visual
sense,
and
a
lush,
dissonant
score,
THE
YARDS
is
a
gripping
and
intensely
moving
film
that
fully
lives
up
to
its
own
ambitions.
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