With Jim Sabatini

All the King's Men

Rated: PG-13 for an intense sequence of violence, sexual content and partial nudity
Reviewed by: Frank
Release date: September 22, 2006	Released by: Columbia TriStar

As the blood finally merges, we have experienced a stunning performance by Sean Penn as Willie Stark a Louisiana politician during the great depression. But lethargic directing skirts the main issues, and creates confusion rather than passion and high drama as the original Academy Award winning 1949 version.