Christ, how did you ever get this screwed up? his mind demanded of him. He knew the answer, but even that was not a full explanation. Different segments of the organism called John Terrence Kelly knew different parts of the whole story, but somehow they’d never all come together, leaving the separate fragments of what had once been a tough, smart, decisive man to blunder about in confusion—and despair?
One of the things that I think elevates John Kelly above the traditional “man on a mission” is not only how screwed up he gets by the events of the story, but that he is aware that he is coming off the rails. And he then embraces his own darkness and chaos to advance his agenda. The fact that Kelly is unhinged and impulsive makes him a danger not only to himself and to society…but most importantly to his enemies. When I first saw a cut of the movie, I was thrilled to see that this livewire devil-may-care quality was something Michael B. Jordan really brought to life in his performance.
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