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'''''Circle of the Black Thorn '''''is a 2013 American Gangster Action Drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino starring Al Pacino, Samuel L. Jackson, Emma Watson, Ziyi Zhang, Elizabeth Banks, Mila Kunis, Mickey Rourke, Casey Affleck, Naomi Watts, Topher Grace and Joaquin Phoenix.
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'''''Circle of the Black Thorn '''''is a 2019 American Gangster Action Drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino starring Al Pacino, Samuel L. Jackson, Emma Watson, Ziyi Zhang, Elizabeth Banks, Mila Kunis, Mickey Rourke, Casey Affleck, Naomi Watts, Topher Grace and Joaquin Phoenix.
   
 
The film has secured two Oscar Nominations: For Best Actor: Al Pacino and Best Actress: Emma Watson along with many other accolades and critical acclaim.
 
The film has secured two Oscar Nominations: For Best Actor: Al Pacino and Best Actress: Emma Watson along with many other accolades and critical acclaim.
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==Plot==
 
==Plot==
   
Four women: Samantha Steinfeld (Emma Watson), Fiyuki Saki (Ziyi Zhang), Tamara Burton (Elizabeth Banks) and Alexandra Tincott (Mila Kunis) are all out to bring down the Bostwick crime family which runs Baltimore's biggest drug cartel and keeps terror and crime on the streets.
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Four women: Samantha Steinfeld (Emma Watson), Fiyuki Saki (Ziyi Zhang), Tamara Burton (Elizabeth Banks) and Alexandra Tincott (Mila Kunis) are all out to bring down the Bostwick crime family which runs Baltimore's biggest drug cartel and keeps terror and crime on the streets. The film chronicles each of the four women's individual stories which fills in each's individual motive to take out the leader Big Barry Burton (Al Pacino) and the rest of the Bostwick family.
   
 
Also chronicled is the life of Big Barry himself and his rise to power and's dark, sordid secrets. Three troubled detectives Officer Simon Callows (Casey Affleck), Officer Jean Marlow (Naomi Watts) and Officer Markus Decks (Topher Grace) as they race to catch Big Barry and his cronies. Samantha is out to get Big Barry out delusions of granddeur; suffering from schitzophrenia and delusions she believes Big Barry is Lucifer himself and killing him will bring Jesus and the Lord himself back down to Earth to cleanse the city of evil which she lives in with her alcoholic mother (Barbara Hershey).
The film chronicles each of the four women's individual stories which fills in each's individual motive to take out the leader Big Barry Burton (Al Pacino) and the rest of the Bostwick family.
 
   
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Fiyuki works under the instruction of her mother (Michelle Yeoh) who long had been trying to eliminate Big Barry and the Bostwick crime family believing the law could no longer stop them. Tamara is the wife of the big man himself and has discovered him to be having an affair with a younger woman. Alexandra is the younger woman and after engaging in a huge punch out melee battle with Tamara aligns with her and both conspire to kill him for his deception and assume control of the crime family together. The four women are found by a mysterious man with no name (Samuel L. Jackson) who is blind but gifted in the art of battle.
Also chronicled is the life of Big Barry himself and his rise to power and's dark, sordid secrets.
 
   
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He too has a grudge against the big man but will not divolge the grudge and simply readies them. The women begin to kill his cronies and bust apart all his major dealing working their way to killing his six generals. It is revealed in the end however the Instructor is indeed Big Barry's adopted brother named Lionel and that he trained them and found them so as to confirm who they were, and allowing them to kill off his empire was so as to prepare for Big Barry an out of the crime business. Lionel and Barry then prepare to kill the four women who face off against the two in combat. The Three officers bust in on the scene and Fiyuki's mother bursts in as well. Fiyuki's mother is killed by the instructor and Alexandra kills Big Barry before Tamara turns on her and shoots her in the head. Josh Burton (Alex Russell) Big Barry and Tamara's son comes into frame and as Tamara rushes towards him they are killed by Fiyuki who spears blades towards them. She is then gunned down by Officer Decks and Callows.
Three troubled detectives Officer Simon Callows (Casey Affleck), Officer Jean Marlow (Naomi Watts) and Officer Markus Decks (Topher Grace) as they race to catch Big Barry and his cronies.
 
   
 
Samantha then faces off against the instructor and finishes him by disembowlement. Officer Marlow has the chance to arrest Samantha but lets her go and instead saves Callows and Decks as an explosion is about to go off and kill them. Samantha sees the streets of fire and the blood sun become normal streets and as she wanders covered in blood and a mess being pursued by police she holds her hands out in ecstasy.
Samantha is out to get Big Barry out delusions of granddeur; suffering from schitzophrenia and delusions she believes Big Barry is Lucifer himself and killing him will bring Jesus and the Lord himself back down to Earth to cleanse the city of evil which she lives in with her alcoholic mother (Barbara Hershey).
 
   
 
The three detectives receive praise from Sheriff Ian Brewhart (Jon Voight) who lost his son to Big Barry and his six generals whilest undercover. The detectives part ways and return to their respective homes.
Fiyuki works under the instruction of her mother (Michelle Yeoh) who long had been trying to eliminate Big Barry and the Bostwick crime family believing the law could no longer stop them.
 
 
Tamara is the wife of the big man himself and has discovered him to be having an affair with a younger woman.
 
 
Alexandra is the younger woman and after engaging in a huge punch out melee battle with Tamara aligns with her and both conspire to kill him for his deception and assume control of the crime family together.
 
 
The four women are found by a mysterious man with no name (Samuel L. Jackson) who is blind but gifted in the art of battle.
 
 
He too has a grudge against the big man but will not divolge the grudge and simply readies them.
 
 
The women begin to kill his cronies and bust apart all his major dealing working their way to killing his six generals.
 
 
It is revealed in the end however the Instructor is indeed Big Barry's adopted brother named Lionel and that he trained them and found them so as to confirm who they were, and allowing them to kill off his empire was so as to prepare for Big Barry an out of the crime business.
 
 
Lionel and Barry then prepare to kill the four women who face off against the two in combat.
 
 
The Three officers bust in on the scene and Fiyuki's mother bursts in as well.
 
 
Fiyuki's mother is killed by the instructor and Alexandra kills Big Barry before Tamara turns on her and shoots her in the head.
 
 
Josh Burton (Alex Russell) Big Barry and Tamara's son comes into frame and as Tamara rushes towards him they are killed by Fiyuki who spears blades towards them.
 
 
She is then gunned down by Officer Decks and Callows.
 
 
Samantha then faces off against the instructor and finishes him by disembowlement.
 
 
Officer Marlow has the chance to arrest Samantha but lets her go and instead saves Callows and Decks as an explosion is about to go off and kill them.
 
 
In the end Samantha sees the streets of fire and the blood sun become normal streets and as she wanders covered in blood and a mess being pursued by police she holds her hands out in ecstasy.
 
 
The three detectives receive praise from Sheriff Ian Brewhart (Jon Voight) who lost his son to Big Barry and his six generals whilest undercover.
 
 
The detectives part ways and return to their respective homes.
 
   
 
It is revealed that Detective Marlow was secretly seeing Sheriff Brewhart's son who had in secret proposed to her with a note and she hadn't got the chance to accept, as she looks out her window she sees Samantha be cuffed on the street and taken away.
 
It is revealed that Detective Marlow was secretly seeing Sheriff Brewhart's son who had in secret proposed to her with a note and she hadn't got the chance to accept, as she looks out her window she sees Samantha be cuffed on the street and taken away.
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*Tyrese Gibson as Antoni Twin
 
*Tyrese Gibson as Antoni Twin
 
*Jessica Chastain as Savage Sera
 
*Jessica Chastain as Savage Sera
===''& Featuring''===
 
 
*Jon Voight as Sheriff Ian Brewhart
 
*Jon Voight as Sheriff Ian Brewhart
 
*James Franco as Undercover Officer Thomas Brewhart
 
*James Franco as Undercover Officer Thomas Brewhart

Revision as of 21:39, 11 July 2015

Circle of the Black Thorn is a 2019 American Gangster Action Drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino starring Al Pacino, Samuel L. Jackson, Emma Watson, Ziyi Zhang, Elizabeth Banks, Mila Kunis, Mickey Rourke, Casey Affleck, Naomi Watts, Topher Grace and Joaquin Phoenix.

The film has secured two Oscar Nominations: For Best Actor: Al Pacino and Best Actress: Emma Watson along with many other accolades and critical acclaim.

The film concerns four women who conspire to bring down a powerful, violent Baltimore Mafia underbelly.

The film was filmed in par with Soap,Wash,Cleanse, Pain, Magic, Star.

The film pays homage to all the great noir, gangster film classics like The Godfather, Goodfellas, Scarface, Little Caesar, The Public Enemy, White Heat, The Untouchables, Carlito's Way, Mean Streets and Miller's Crossing.

The film was screened in advance at the Los Angeles Film Festival and was released theatrically on May 6th, 2013.

Plot

Four women: Samantha Steinfeld (Emma Watson), Fiyuki Saki (Ziyi Zhang), Tamara Burton (Elizabeth Banks) and Alexandra Tincott (Mila Kunis) are all out to bring down the Bostwick crime family which runs Baltimore's biggest drug cartel and keeps terror and crime on the streets. The film chronicles each of the four women's individual stories which fills in each's individual motive to take out the leader Big Barry Burton (Al Pacino) and the rest of the Bostwick family.

Also chronicled is the life of Big Barry himself and his rise to power and's dark, sordid secrets. Three troubled detectives Officer Simon Callows (Casey Affleck), Officer Jean Marlow (Naomi Watts) and Officer Markus Decks (Topher Grace) as they race to catch Big Barry and his cronies. Samantha is out to get Big Barry out delusions of granddeur; suffering from schitzophrenia and delusions she believes Big Barry is Lucifer himself and killing him will bring Jesus and the Lord himself back down to Earth to cleanse the city of evil which she lives in with her alcoholic mother (Barbara Hershey).

Fiyuki works under the instruction of her mother (Michelle Yeoh) who long had been trying to eliminate Big Barry and the Bostwick crime family believing the law could no longer stop them. Tamara is the wife of the big man himself and has discovered him to be having an affair with a younger woman. Alexandra is the younger woman and after engaging in a huge punch out melee battle with Tamara aligns with her and both conspire to kill him for his deception and assume control of the crime family together. The four women are found by a mysterious man with no name (Samuel L. Jackson) who is blind but gifted in the art of battle.

He too has a grudge against the big man but will not divolge the grudge and simply readies them. The women begin to kill his cronies and bust apart all his major dealing working their way to killing his six generals. It is revealed in the end however the Instructor is indeed Big Barry's adopted brother named Lionel and that he trained them and found them so as to confirm who they were, and allowing them to kill off his empire was so as to prepare for Big Barry an out of the crime business. Lionel and Barry then prepare to kill the four women who face off against the two in combat. The Three officers bust in on the scene and Fiyuki's mother bursts in as well. Fiyuki's mother is killed by the instructor and Alexandra kills Big Barry before Tamara turns on her and shoots her in the head. Josh Burton (Alex Russell) Big Barry and Tamara's son comes into frame and as Tamara rushes towards him they are killed by Fiyuki who spears blades towards them. She is then gunned down by Officer Decks and Callows.

Samantha then faces off against the instructor and finishes him by disembowlement. Officer Marlow has the chance to arrest Samantha but lets her go and instead saves Callows and Decks as an explosion is about to go off and kill them. Samantha sees the streets of fire and the blood sun become normal streets and as she wanders covered in blood and a mess being pursued by police she holds her hands out in ecstasy.

The three detectives receive praise from Sheriff Ian Brewhart (Jon Voight) who lost his son to Big Barry and his six generals whilest undercover. The detectives part ways and return to their respective homes.

It is revealed that Detective Marlow was secretly seeing Sheriff Brewhart's son who had in secret proposed to her with a note and she hadn't got the chance to accept, as she looks out her window she sees Samantha be cuffed on the street and taken away.

Cast

  • Al Pacino as Big Barry Bostwick Burton
  • Samuel L. Jackson as the Instructor
  • Emma Watson as Samantha Steinfeld
  • Ziyi Zhang as Fiyuki Saki
  • Elizabeth Banks as Tamara Burton
  • Mila Kunis as Alexandra Tincott
  • Mickey Rourke as Demolition Dan
  • Casey Affleck as Officer Simon Callows
  • Naomi Watts as Officer Jean Marlow
  • Topher Grace as Officer Markus Decks
  • Joaquin Phoenix as Quick Quinn
  • Aidan Quinn as Rough Roger
  • Omar Sy as Antoni Twin
  • Tyrese Gibson as Antoni Twin
  • Jessica Chastain as Savage Sera
  • Jon Voight as Sheriff Ian Brewhart
  • James Franco as Undercover Officer Thomas Brewhart
  • Jacki Weaver as Ingrid Brewhart
  • Barbara Hershey as Vanessa Steinfeld
  • Michelle Yeoh as Miyaki Saki
  • Alex Russell as Joshua Burton
  • Nicholas Braun as Nolan Tincott
  • Aiden Gillen as the Informant
  • Grant Bowler as Thug
  • Terry Crew as Thug
  • John DimAggio as Fat Man Frank
  • Jeri Ryan as Elene Decks
  • Kya Haywood as Walter Callows
  • Rachael Harris as Bernadine Callows

Soundtrack

  1. American Girl- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
  2. Burning Spear- Marcus Garvey
  3. Solid Air- John Martyn
  4. Brass In Pocket- The Pretenders
  5. Only Women Bleed- Alice Cooper
  6. Typical Girls- The Slits
  7. Chale Chalte- Lata Mangeshkar
  8. Hong Kong Garden- Siouxsie and the Banshees
  9. Marquee Moon- Television
  10. Das Model- Kraftwerk
  11. Wuthering Heights- Kate Bush
  12. Sir Duke- Stevie Wonder
  13. Born To Run- Bruce Springsteen