This is a small clip from a relatively unheard of film from around 1995 called "In the Kingdom of the Blind the Man with One Eye is King." It's a cop/mob movie and unfortunately, it didn't make it very big at the box office. It was relatively low budget. It didn't have buckets of blood or 20-minute-long gun battles or epic car chases or much of anything that makes movies really huge.
But in my opinion, it is one of the best dramatic movies ever. And this clip is one of the best cinematic performances you will ever see. This is William Petersen (CSI) playing the part of Tony C. He is a mid level crime boss in NYC, and he has found out that the brother of his direct superior has been murdered in his home. This scene is Tony C telling an old cop friend from his youth that he suspects the cop's brother was in on the murder and how he plans to resolve the situation.
In modern cinema, there are not many extended monologues. For one actor to have the stage for longer than thirty seconds is unusual in today's attention-deficit society.
But this performance is a 5 minute monologue. Petersen is absolutely brilliant. The performance is riveting and incredibly convincing. He varies the emotion level over and over again, bringing it up and taking it back down as he delivers, until finally he reaches the climax of the scene, and then, with an ice-cold glare, looks at Al, the cop, and says: "nobody is gonna be safe." Chilling!
Buy this movie, rent this movie, steal this movie. You need to see this one! Enjoy!
