The Yards
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 2000 |
| Country | United States |
| Director | James Gray |
| Cast | Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron, James Caan, Ellen Burstyn |
| Genre | Crime drama |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | The Yards | – |
| Español | La otra cara del crimen | La otra cara del crimen |
| Français | The Yards | The Yards |
| Deutsch | The Yards – Im Hinterhof der Macht | The Yards – Im Hinterhof der Macht |
| Português | Caminhos Sem Volta | Caminhos Sem Volta |
| Italiano | The Yards | The Yards |
| Русский | Ярды | Yardy |
| 中文（简体） | 家族情仇 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 家族情仇 | – |
| 한국어 | 더 야드 | Deo yadeu |
| ไทย | The Yards | The Yards |
| Tiếng Việt | The Yards | The Yards |
| Bahasa Indonesia | The Yards | The Yards |
| 日本語 | 裏切り者 | Uragirimono |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which family loyalty and corrupt survival collide within an enclosed network of political crime.
■ Synopsis
A man returning from prison is drawn into a family-linked corruption system where loyalty, silence, and self-preservation become indistinguishable.
■ RECIPE Tags
#CorruptKinship #ReturnAndEntrapment #LoyaltyCrisis #SilenceSystem
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Return as re-entry into inherited corruption
Reason: The attempt to restart life leads back into a preexisting network of debt and loyalty.
Related Film: We Own the Night - Middle: Family loyalty as moral captivity
Reason: Kinship protects the corrupt order while forcing the individual into complicity.
Related Film: The Godfather Part II - Core: Betrayal as the cost of leaving the system
Reason: Escape requires breaking the very bonds that define belonging.
Related Film: On the Waterfront
■ Secondary Axes
- Urban power as closed machinery: Public contracts, crime, and politics form a sealed economic circuit.
Related Film: Prince of the City - Silence as survival code: Truth becomes dangerous because every relation is tied to institutional corruption.
Related Film: Serpico
■ Person
- Director: James Gray
- Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron, James Caan, Ellen Burstyn
■ Structural Tags
#KinshipEntrapment #CorruptCircuit #ExitThroughBetrayal
■ Attribute Tags
#UnitedStates #2000Film #CrimeDrama
