Tom Hardy plays Bob. He is a bartender at Cousin Marv's bar and seems to just barely get by in life. Walking home one day he comes across an abandoned puppy (in a trash can) and meets a girl who helps him take care of the dog. It turns out that Cousin Marv's bar is a drop bar. That is, the collection point for mafia gambling money, and it has been chosen as the drop for Super Bowl sunday. Lots of money, mafia, crazy ex-boyfriend of his new girl, and desperate Cousin Marv. What could go wrong? Having seen Hardy in Mad Max and Locke, I can see that this role is another similar role (even those two films couldn't be more different in scope). This film is slow, brooding, intentional in developing the complexity of who Bob is, and brilliantly providing enough story that the viewer fills in lots of backstory with assumption or just outright questions. It is interesting that minus the action, his Mad Max character is largely the same character. I have a feeling this film will grow on me over time.
3 stars (out of 5)
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