![]() ![]() As he prepares to begin his seven-year sentence in prison, he will instinctively blame others and unload his frustrations on his friends, family, and environment, but deep down, he knows the buck stops with him. He could have become a lawyer, but turned to dealing to financially support his father's ( Brian Cox) bar. The essence of Monty, according to his own testimony in the bathroom during the film's most famous sequence where he spews out a tirade insulting every demographic and ethnic group residing in New York and the city itself (which serves as a callback of sorts to the race rants of Do The Right Thing), is that he "had it all and threw it away." He could have been a great basketball player, but was kicked off his high school team for dealing. RELATED: The 10 Best Spike Lee Joints, Ranked: Do The Right Thing to BlackKklansman ![]() Lee's entire film is filled to the brim with angst. ![]() The bright lights and bumping music are just a disguise for the ever-growing regret and emotional pain on the part of Monty. The party itself is all flash with no redeeming value. As a result, he spends his final night in the free world at a nightclub with his girlfriend, Naturelle ( Rosario Dawson), and two closest friends, Jacob ( Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Frank ( Barry Pepper). Discovering the person who betrayed him by informing the DEA of his drug stash is a futile means of redemption. The lack of an extensive plot is indicative of the aimless state that Monty is resigned to. However, the film is not explicably about the terrorist attack, but rather a tale of regret, sorrow, and a fear of the unknown future.ΔΆ5th Hour follows a drug dealer, Monty Brogan ( Edward Norton), who lives out his last day as a free man before beginning his prison sentence on drug distribution charges. While, on the exterior, it is suggested that American patriotism was at an all-time high after the collapse of the World Trade Center, Lee's film spotlights the opposite side of the coin regarding the spirits of the American public. The 2002 film, which was in pre-production at the time of 9/11, captured the decayed spirit of New York and the United States as a whole. He combined his vision in collaboration with future Game of Thronesseries co-creator David Benioff, who wrote the film's original novel of the same name and screenplay. 25th Hour is a slight deviation from what audiences might expect from a Spike Lee Joint, such as Do The Right Thingor Malcolm X. In perhaps his most emotionally punishing film to date, Spike Leegrappled with the tragedy that his hometown and common setting of his films, New York City, would feel the lingering effects of until the end of time: the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. ![]()
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