Galveston

Foster gives a typically strong performance as the troubled protagonist, while Fanning is excellent as the vulnerable Rocky.

It's uncompromising but at the end, it does leave some room for hope and Foster, in his intense, contained way, makes Roy's redemption highly plausible unexpectedly poignant.

"Galveston" is tough, uncompromising, and hauntingly believable, just a little too slow and a lot too serious for today's typical action audiences.

Bleak and gripping, Galveston offers a compelling experience for those who don't demand pure escapism and are willing to sample the darker side of cinema.

The film equivalent of a familiar, not too special song that's been brilliantly re-arranged and performed.

A muted crime drama that runs out of plot too soon, but makes up for it with powerhouse performances and a finely shaded sense of place.

It doesn't fail, but it doesn't succeed either.

Intense crime drama has graphic violence and sex.

GALVESTON is far more contemplative than one might expect from the plot synopsis, and confident work from Laurent and the lead actors galvanises the light script to multiplicative effect.

[Galveston] starts off like a dramatic thriller but winds up, like its characters, on an unexpected and affecting journey.