Mystic River

""Mystic River", directed by Clint Eastwood, is a powerful, tragic, and devastating crime drama. The story follows the lives of three friends that have been marked by a tragedy in their childhood. Now adults and distant, a new event causes their paths to cross with suspicion and resentment. The film is a dramatic thriller that tells its story with great sensitivity and sorrow, we have different points of view presented in a convincing and understandable way, even if we don't agree with each one's ideas. It's interesting how the narrative construction takes place, with the story involving the characters and, in parallel, being driven by the characters of Kevin Bacon and Laurence Fishburne, police officers investigating the case. The trajectory sends both the viewer and the characters into a spiral of doubts and distrust, and the way each one deals with it at the end reminds us that man is the wolf of man, questioning the desire for justice through vengeance and the institutional powerlessness of the police as to conductions. The film is brilliantly directed, and features intense and memorable performances from the entire cast."