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Amanye ama-protagonists ahlala ekhukhuleka ekubukeni. Le filimu ithathelwe encwadini kaDavid Grann, enesihloko esithi “The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI”, kanti nokho i-ejenti eyinhloko ebhekene nokuqhekeka kwecala, edlalwa nguJesse Plemons, akethulwanga amahora amabili. Phela, abameli ecaleni lenkantolo elalandela, elidlalwa uJohn Lithgow noBrendan Fraser, abafiki enye ingxenye yehora ngemva kwalokho. Noma kuthiwani ngoMollie, owethembayo u-Ernest, kodwa futhi ongowesifazane oqhoshayo, onenhliziyo epholile, noqondayo ozimisele ukuba kwenziwe ubulungisa? Ingabe ifilimu yayinenjongo eyengeziwe ukube yayigxile kuye? Kunezambulo ezithokozisayo mayelana nokuthi abantu bakwa-Osage bakhuliswa kanjani izingane, nokuthi baqhuba kanjani ibhizinisi labo, kodwa lezi bekufanele zibale ingxenye enkulu yesikhathi sokusebenza samahora amathathu nesigamu.
Isigamu sehora sokugcina ikakhulukazi sivusa imizwa exubile ngoba, naphezu kwezigcawu ezithile ezithinta inhliziyo, ezisangulukisayo, kuba inhlekisa kaCoen Brothersesque mayelana nokuthi izigebengu zingaba yizithutha kangakanani. Ingxenye ejabulisa kakhulu yefilimu, kodwa futhi engabazeka kakhulu. Uma u-Scorsese wayezimisele ukwenza umdlalo wamahlaya ongemuhle ohlanganisa izigelekeqe ezizingelayo kanye nomshana wakhe ongenangqondo, mhlawumbe kwakungafanele asebenzise ukubulawa kwangempela kwaboMdabu baseMelika njengesihloko sabo.
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