Another special little movie by horror director Stuart Gordon, who inserts a whole lot more drama into 'Edmond' than he usually does - I would guess, because I haven't seen all that much of his older work (of course, I did see his infamous and terrific debut 'Re-animator', and 'Dagon').A total blessing for this film is that William H. Macy agreed to do the lead, you can't go wrong with 'Jerry'! The beautiful female sidekicks (Julia Stiles, Bai Ling, Mena Suvari, Denise Richards, what a quartet!) don't have big parts, but they deliver lots and lots of fun. And let's not forget about the talk at the bar with Joe Mantegna. The story is quite 'simply' that of a man descending step by step into hell one night, but he redeems himself in a special kind of way... I won't tell, just go see. Being an adaptation of a stage play written by David Mamet (which will have helped Macy to take the role, he worked with Mamet many times before, in the theatre and in films), you might have another clue as what to expect, I thought it worked really well as a film.A good 8 out of 10.

After a fortune teller informs middle-aged businessman Edmond (William H. Macy) that he is 'not where he belongs', he leaves his wife and wanders the seedy side of the city to try and discover his true self. As the night progresses, years of social conditioning are slowly stripped away, revealing pent-up anger, resentment and bigotry, leading Edmond on a downward spiral that ends in madness and murder.For much of the time, Stuart Gordon's Edmond is like Joel Schumacher's Falling Down blessed with the dark fairy-tale vibe of After Hours, reason enough to seek out this brave and disturbing film from one of America's best 'unsung' directors. Sadly, this unique atmosphere is not carried through to the final credits: although the night-time scenes leading up to the murder are quite mesmerising, with stylish direction from Gordon, a bravura central performance from Macy, and excellent turns from a talented supporting cast, the film loses momentum towards the end, eventually buckling under the weight of writer David Mamet's awkward philosophising (something which belies the theatrical origins of the work).Still, the complexity of the plot and depth of the characters means that there is plenty to chew over after the film has finished, for those who enjoy that kind of thing: is our destiny pre-ordained; why does Edmond continually haggle over cash (especially when it involves having sex with Denise Richards or Mena Suvari); what is the relevance of the number 115; would you 'get on his body'? (if you've seen the film, you'll know precisely what that means); and is Edmond genuinely content with his lot at the end of the film or has he simply resigned himself to his inescapable fate—to be spooned every night by his cell-mate! Watch and decide.

Although it's right to use words like "disturbing" and "powerful" to describe this drama based on a one-act play, most of the credit for this look at the seamy side of life should go to WILLIAM H. MACY for at least trying to get inside the poorly developed character shown here and make this poor soul believable.He's a middle-aged business man who isn't savvy enough to recognize a phony card game when he sees it even when a stranger gives him a clue, nor realize that he's being taken for a sap by would-be robbers in back alleys just waiting to pull out a knife or peep show personnel looking for an easy buck. He's dull to the extreme and yet spouts a lot of psycho-babble talk that is supposed to explain his character.The only really intense scene and well-played scene is between Macy and JULIA STYLES as a luckless waitress foolish enough to invite him home after he's already exhibited a dangerously off kilter mind and bragged about killing a man.But overall, it's more like a cheap exploitation film that gets real bloody once Macy loses his cool and rages against society's manipulations. This could have been so much more with a wiser script and a believable enough protagonist. The only real jolt comes at the prison finale but by that time you may have lost interest in his plight.Summing up: It's a bloody dud. An independent film that tries hard but fails to succeed.

Edmond a kind of movie I would have loved watching anytime. David Mamet did an excellent job depicting the reality and troubles, an ordinary man has to face. It looks so close to reality where everything showed appeared true. Edmond is a story of simple man Edward Burke who left home on account of his boring life to seek some manly pleasure but end up getting bugged everywhere he went. Even after trying he failed to get himself out of the mess which eventually made him loose his nerves. The movie is quite sexy and passionate .But what I liked most about it was the question that Edmond put up..& his views about how human race is living,as he encountered the harsh world & very much are those questions make sense though they may seemed to be associated with some philosophical theories. William H Macy again showed how natural his acting is! In short, Edmond is really an impressive movie but I would confess that its equally shocking and disturbing as well considering it is quite near to the kind of world we try to survive in...