Jacknife

Very underrated draama with great acrors.

I don't think this is an unheralded masterpiece or anything, but it's definitely underrated and am glad it gets a release like this.

Nice to see these type of movies released, nice packing and transfer as always.

I highly recommended this movie.

Jackknife is a pretty somber drama based on a play featuring Oscar Winner Robert DeNiro as Meggs a Vietnam vet who visits his fellow vet, David (Oscar Winner Ed Harris) and his sister, (Kathy Baker) for opening day of fishing season. David is a bitter drunk who still can't shake the trauma of the war while Meggs is trying to live and enjoy life as much as possible while working as a mechanic and fishing, of course. While David continues his deep drunken state, Meggs and his sister get closer together and develop a relationship together despite their differences emotionally but do find common ground and everything comes to an explosive conclusion as David's emotions completely boil over.

The film in a way it's a follow up to The Deer Hunter with DeNiro the more subtle character much in that film and a pretty solid relationship with Baker as his love interest while Harris is powerful in his scenes. This is the blu ray debut for the film which is a solid restoration in its' original aspect ratio since the dvd wasn't and has some solid special features to boot.

Jackknife is a pretty much forgotten film by all standards despite getting good reviews when it was released and somewhat of a minor entry into the legendary career of Robert DeNiro after making hit films like The Untouchables and Midnight Run before this one and Good Fellas soon after which propelled him to legendary status soon after. It's a downbeat film but it worth exploring for the strong performances and that…

Great movie but very depressing! Great acting from everyone involved! Another great release from Cinematographe!