In New York City in the days following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Monty Brogan steels himself for a lengthy jail term. The New York drug dealer Montgomery Brogan reevaluates his life in the 24 remaining hours before facing the term.
7 December 1969, New York City, New York, USA
13 October 1965, New York City, New York, USA
14 May 1967, Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA
August 8, 1977 in Long Island, New York, USA
4 April 1970, Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada
9 May 1979, New York City, New York, USA
3 October 1974, London, England, UK
29 May 1969, Maywood, Illinois, USA
14 December 1971, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
4 July 1972, Yugoslavia
21 February 1970, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
2 October 1975, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
6 May 1973, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA
January 10, 2016
there is still plenty of angst saturating the filmJanuary 18, 2003
Lee and his cast are so adept at getting us acquainted with Monty and these other people that we wind up feeling like we've known them for years.January 13, 2003
Pretty lethargic stuff.February 09, 2006
While 25th Hour has a several arresting characters struggling with credible problems, regrettably Monty isn't one of them.January 10, 2003
It's the usual undisciplined, overextended Spike symphony: more fun than it is any good.September 07, 2010
Finds beauty in the silver linings and embodies the notion that we're stronger than we usually realize we can be.July 06, 2010
An under-rated gem, 25th Hour is a powerful story about how the decisions you make in your life, and who you make them with, can ultimately lead to your downfall.January 02, 2011
Engaging but violent drama. Not for kids.July 18, 2014
Spike Lee's furiously melancholy drama about life and dread in post-9/11 New York City.April 29, 2009
One of Spike Lee's best films...January 30, 2003
I still think that Mr. Lee has come closer than he ever has before to making the great film about New York City that David Thomson hoped from him in a favorable mini-bio in The New Biographical Dictionary of Film.January 10, 2003
Lee has created that rarity in filmmaking: a movie we need, right now.