Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Name: Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 2007
Duration: 117 min
Rating: 3.8
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei, Aleksa Palladino

Sidney Lumet20071h 57mCrime, Drama, Thriller

Why we chose it

Ethan Hawke and Philip Seymour Hoffman play two brothers who decide to rob their parents’ jewellery shop. Sidney Lumet (“12 Angry Men”, “Dog Day Afternoon”) made it at 83, and his last film plays out as a Greek tragedy that’s American through and through.

Synopsis

Andy and Hank are brothers with no money and no good ideas, but Andy does have a plan. Their parents run a small jewellery shop in a quiet suburb, the insurance will cover the loss, and nobody will get hurt. On the day of the robbery, everything starts going wrong from first thing in the morning.