At Close Range

Based on a true story, a teenager meets his father for the first time. Even knowing his father is a criminal, he soon finds himself attracted to the lavish lifestyle he leads. It soon becomes apparent though that the father will kill anyone who gets in his way, even family., Sean Penn (shooting Clint Eastwood’s Mystic River) is Brad Whitewood Jnr, who worships his wayward criminal father (Christopher Walken) and wants to be just like him but when the law starts closing in, he learns that family loyalty means nothing to his father who’s prepared to go to extreme lengths to save his own skin., Oscar winner Sean Penn stars in the romantic drama based on the true story of one of Philadelphia’s most notorious crime families in the 1970s., Sean Penn is Brad Whitewood Jnr, who worships his wayward criminal father and wants to be just like him but when the law starts closing in, he learns that family loyalty means nothing to his father who’s prepared to go to extreme lengths to save his own skin., Fact-based story of a bored, brooding teen lured into a life of crime by his smooth-talking, long-lost father who’s come back into his life in 1978 rural Pennsylvania., A son wants to be just like his father, but most of all would like to earn himself a place in the family business – a national crime syndicate. Together with his half-brother, he forms a gang of his own to gain his dad’s respect. However, efforts backfire., Sean Penn is Brad Whitewood Jnr, who worships his wayward criminal father (Christopher Walken) and wants to be just like him but when the law starts closing in, he learns that family loyalty means nothing to his father who’s prepared to go to extreme lengths to save his own skin. With Mary Stuart Masterson and Chris Penn, directed by James Foley., Powerful, downbeat story of a young man drawn into crime by his estranged father, who turns up out of the blue flashing money and a fast car.