The Informers

I didn't recognize the movie because of the DVD cover. Had I of read the back I would have remembered that this was a movie I wanted to see. The only reason I put it in was because it had Sundance 2009 on the back. This is also Brad Renfro's last theatrical performance who's death was overshadowed by Heath Ledger's. This movie was deep, dark, and gritty. I want to say it was sexy, but all I saw was a theme of morality. There was some really good lines in the movie. Probaby one of the best ones was when Graham played by Jon Foster says something along the lines 'I want someone to tell me what is bad. I want someone to tell me what is good. How else would we know what is good.' That's not the exact quote, but I'm not going to rewatch the scene of the movie to quote it exactly. When I was getting the image from a site, the plot mentioned a vampire. There wasn't a vampire in the movie. I checked it out. The vampire parts hit the cutting room floor. I'm sure they took the vampire bit out because it wasn't a movie about vampires, it was exactly what the tagline of the movie was Greed is good. Sex is easy. Youth is forever. The last line of the film also delivered by Jon Foster makes sense is so many different ways. I think it would have been less subtle if they had kept the vampire murders in, but whatever. There are lots of parallels between plot and characters ie. Christie and her rapid sickness and the parallel to the use of light. This movie has made me very gloomy, but it was fantastic. Not a movie for everyone though. The best parts of the film were the scenes with the young actors. I could care less about Billy Bob, Basinger and Mickey Rourke. The young cast stole the show. This movie made me want to read Ellis' book right now since Ellis' characters left me wanting more.