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Top Five: Manliest Movies Of 2014

2) Cold In July

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Several times while watching this, especially towards the end and during the finale, I thought about rating this movie a 10/10.  But I think that such a rating should only be reserved for outright classics.  Too many sites and magazines throw around 5/5 and 10/10 ratings willy nilly, especially those with commercial sponsorships.  But man, Cold In July, it’s such a good movie and an even manlier movie.  It’s a raw, unsentimental and violent thriller with a peculiarly realist streak of black humor running up its back.  It’s part Out Of The Furnace,  part No Country For Old Men.  It’s even set in the early ’90s.

The finale of this movie in particular is a classic.  Take it from me, it’s ultra-manly.  And as the movie begins, it’s the last thing you’d think is going to happen.  It’s a violent shootout where brutality is indifferently and matter-of-factly meted out, redneck style, to pissants who are begging for it.  This is where manly actors Sam Shepherd and Don Johnson get in on the act, their performances during the violence where blood hits the ceiling are so subtle, like they were simply laying wallpaper.

See this movie, buy it, don’t miss it.

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