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Having grown up in Staten Island it was nice to see something with that title in a movie. Funny that the character who took D'Onofrio's place on Criminal Intent was ragging on Staten Island in one of the first few episodes this season (Spring/Summer '10).
The movie has a pretty cool introduction, you see some quick sites of Staten Island, then you see all the names on the Island that have the word 'kill' in it. For those who live in PA and know the Skullykill river, well, that is the same thing. Names like Kill van Kull, Great Kills, Arthur Kill...all names Staten Islanders are familiar with. I laughed out loud on that beginning.
The movies is a little slow in the beginning, and you are beginning in the middle of the movie. A scene that you return to a few times in the movie. There is a bit of a flash forward and back, so, if you need to walk away for a second, pause the movie or you will be lost.
Ethan Hawke (Sully) plays a septic tank truck worker working in the better parts of the Island where people have septic tanks. Julianne Nicholson plays his wife who is pregnant and cannot stand how he smells when he get home. Seymour Cassel plays a hearing impaired deli owner, Jasper, whose deli is frequented by Vincent D'Onofrio playing a mob boss Parmie Tarzo with work that only this guy seems to do for him (dissecting dead bodies). Staten Island being one of a couple of places for body dumps in addition to the Meadowlands in NJ, makes this an interesting theme.
Jasper and Sully are friendly to one another and Sully share with him how his wife is doing. You see a tear of joy in his eye now and then when Sully is giving him the news. Jasper is tired of his responsibility to Tarzo and Tarzo finds out that his gang is tired of him too. Sully's co-worker decides to make some extra money by taking advantage of an old woman who lives alone. It is Tarzo's mom. So, you see Sully in the Deli when Tarzo walks in, he is tense and you come to learn why.
There are some cool scenes with D'Onofrio in the woods. There is a green area in the hills on the Island, but this was filmed in NJ. This is a pretty cool scene and really takes on a life of its own.
This is a great story and aptly played by all. You have seen Nicholson on Criminal Intent, and Rosemary De Angelis (mom Tarzo) is familiar to you if you have watch CI or Law and Order.
Anyone who likes "Brooklyn's Finest" would like this. Brooklyn's Finest
Cassel, Hawke and D'Onofrio work well together in this movie. A great crime drama that could be used for ideas for many more.
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Three lives intersect in a New York City borrough when a blue-collar worker decides to rob a mobster.
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This movie was the same as all the dvds I have ordered from amazon sellers they always come weeks before the earliest date that i am supposed to recieve it, its great!
I give this turkey two big thumbs down! - Keyser Söze - Istanbul, Turkey
I saw this movie for the first time on Showtime last night, and I think that it stunk! No wonder it never received any publicity when it was released last year!
First of all, they should have called this movie "New Jersey" because most of the movie was filmed there! Secondly, this movie just validates the fact that Staten Island is filled with gangsters, gangster wannabes, white trash, and morons.
Vincent D'Onofrio (who's most famous movie role was Private Leonard "Gomer Pyle" Lawrence in Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, "Full Metal Jacket") was especially awful in his role as a mentally unbalanced gangster. Ethan Hawke's performance as a septic tank cleaner was ok, but it was a far cry from his performance with Denzel Washington in "Training Day".
Interesting mobster flick - M - I wait behind the wall, gnawing away at your reality
It was interesting to see a change of role for the actor who played Detective Goren on Law and Order. I can't say how well this movie portrays mobster life as I am no part of it nor have I studied the Mob. The storyline was solid with interesting characters and dialogue. Part of me was not very surprised at the ending, but it was also rather unexpected. If you like mobster/detective films, you may like this.
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