Brick is a hard-boiled detective story set in and around a High School. Brendan Frye (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) our noir hero of the suburbs is a wiseguy who knows all of the angles and all of the players. When his ex-girlfriend calls him asking him for help, it sets a chain of events in motion that end in murder. There is a load of violence and snappy detective patter. The old school words coming out of the mouths of teens made me laugh. I love Lukas Haas’ Dark Shadows look in the movie. This is a delightful surprise of a whodunit so go find it on DVD.
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