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CRIME FACTORYISSUE FOURTEENelsewhere until you’ve caughtup with them because I’m gonnago deep down the rabbit hole onboth with this piece – the filmfollows ex-con Frankie (ScootMcNairy from Argo) and junkieRussell (Ben Mendelsohn, theparticularly evil brother inAnimal Kingdom) as they take ajob from the Squirrel (VincentCuratola aka Johnny Sack fromThe Sopranos). They are torob a card game run by MarkieTrattman (Ray Liotta from,come on, you know what thatmotherfucker’s been in).Normally such a gigis a death sentence butthe Squirrel figures it’s acakewalk seeing how everyonewill blame it on Trattman asdude’s robbed his own cardgame once before. They do thejob with no casualties in oneof the most quietly agonizingscenes in recent memory andthen Jackie Coogan is calledonto the scene. Brad Pitt’scharacter is the man who knowsall the angles, the fixer forthe corporation who answersto Richard Jenkins’ lawyercharacter, a liaison of sortsto the unseen higher-ups.Coogan quickly figuresout who is behind the robberymainly because of the stupidityof Russell (plain and simpleidiocy is the downfall of manycharacters in both films) andhe is careful and financiallypractical in how he delegatesthe necessary hits. Firstoff, though he knows Trattmanhad nothing to do with it,to keep up appearances on thestreet (public opinion is afickle bitch), the guy’s firstgotta be dealt a beating thenkilled. The beatdown sceneof Trattman is heartbreaking,one of the saddest and mostvisceral scenes of violenceyou’ll see, with Ray Liotta,legendary screen tough guyyet most likeable characterin the movie, begging andcrying and puking while twothugs reluctantly fuck himup. There’s nothing cool or12