The public saw him as a good, Christian man, but they were fooled. His family thought of him as the hard working father, but they were wrong. Matt was a returning Vietnam veteran and ran into money problems. He was recruited by a mob boss for his skills with lethal weapons for an unusual job. Matt was hired to kill those who disagreed with the boss. Its started off as just a job with a paycheck, but became an addiction for Matt. His wife Kim noticed a difference in his personality, and decided to follow him one night. She witnessed her husband stab a man in an alley and was horrified by the sight. She confronted him the next day and Matt was finally caught in his double life. In the end, he loses everything; his wife, his family, and his innocent image.
Columbia Pictures presents “The Deviant Man”, a gangster film. Directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Jack Nicholson and the mob boss, Robert De Niro as Matt and Jane Fonda as his wife Kim.
De Niro was chosen for lead for his performance in Taxi Driver and his ability to play a strong lead role. Nicholson was chosen for his versatility in roles he's played.The Deviant Man is rated R for violence.
The movie expresses the '70s film elements of the antihero and blurred idea of good and evil. The movie shows Matt as a hero because he is trying his best to support his family in a difficult time but he's also killing people. During the movie, the script plays with the idea that Matt's job is actually a good thing because he is making money for his family but in the end, the movie proves that what he was doing was wrong and therefore Matt lost everything.
I chose to write this movie because gangster films were popular at this time because, like always, violence is popular and sells.
Good ideas here. Your casting choices are interesting, just would have liked to hear a little more explanation. Good job.
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