Plot: Parole officer Jack Mabry (Robert De Niro) has only a few weeks left before retirement and wishes to finish out the cases he's been assigned. One such case is that of Gerald "Stone" Creeson (Edward Norton), a convicted arsonist who is up for parole. Jack is initially reluctant to indulge Stone in the coarse banter he wishes to pursue and feels little sympathy for the prisoner's pleads for an early release. Seeing little hope in convincing Jack himself, Stone arranges for his wife Lucetta (Milla Jovovich) to seduce the officer, but motives and intentions steadily blur amidst the passions and buried secrets of the corrupted players in this deadly game of deception.
Stone starts off pretty interesting but never really seems to pick up along the way but it is pretty entertaining to watch 3 greats actors on a screen together. The acting is superb but the storyline is a little off at times and not a lot of background story to really understand what is going on with the characters. At times you feel like the storyline takes so weird turns and then does not explain why but the amazing acting holds your interest to just brush it off and keep watching.
I would say my expectations of the movie coming in where way higher because of the outstanding lineup of actors but I'm not gonna lie I was disappointed but still was a good movie to watch and at times very entertaining. Edward Norton's acting in this movie though if very superb and on point with all his facial expressions and gestures as a white thug in prison for a crime he allegedly did not commit. Milla Jovovich was also on point with her acting and honestly it was something you do not expect as she barley plays in any movie with a serious act but more of a sarcastic feel to them, but in Stone she really shines especially when trying to seduce Jack Mabry (Robert De Niro).
I feel that Stone tried too hard to explore spirituality and religion but failed along the way. What also failed in this movie was the fact that it was supposed to be a Thriller but ended up being more of a Drama with no thrills at all.
Overall its a movie that you watch once and don't really get the urge to watch again.
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