
A rookie cop is assigned to the 118 Precinct in the same district where he grew up. The Precinct Captain starts receiving letters about two unsolved murders that happened many years ago in the housing projects when the rookie cop was just a kid. These letters bring back bad memories and old secrets that begin to threaten his career and break up his family.... (Full plot summary below)
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A rookie cop is assigned to the 118 Precinct in the same district where he grew up. The Precinct Captain starts receiving letters about two unsolved murders that happened many years ago in the housing projects when the rookie cop was just a kid. These letters bring back bad memories and old secrets that begin to threaten his career and break up his family.
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| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe more that secret comes out, the more incoherent (and ludicrous) the film gets. |
| AV ClubScott TobiasA few individual performances survive - Liotta finds a little of his old edge, and Pacino briefly revisits Serpico territory - but they're smothered in the slow-burning absurdity. |
| DeadspinWill Leitch"The Son of No One" is terrible, which is really a shame, because it's clearly so heartfelt and sincere. |
| NYC Movie GuruAvi OfferA complex, unpredictable and exhilarating crime thriller that's just as suspenseful and captivating as The Departed. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekA dreary, pointless, stylistically blowsy film...rendered all but unintelligible by Montiel's messy technique and chaotic narrative choices. |
| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfFeature as a whole feels fogged, attempting to communicate a persistence of shame in the most scattered, accommodating manner imaginable. In other words, it's a typical Dito Montiel motion picture. |
| Slant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundThe Son of No One is driven by mood and atmosphere to the extent that the stakes-free story and interest-free characters seem almost incidental, and such is surely the movie's saving grace -- a perverse style that overshadows a severe lack of substance. |
| Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForePerformances are strong across the board, and the movie offers a solid sense of place. But the mysteries, once explained, don't make a lot of sense. |
| IndiewireEric KohnNeither goofy enough for camp status nor lackluster enough for extreme derision, Son of No One is just mediocre enough to be an easy target. |
| MovielineStephanie ZacharekEven if there were a compelling narrative here to begin with, Montiel's excessive technique would throw you right out of it. |