Avis Metacritic

Cathy Moriarty and other Scorsese alums pop up, but these mean streets feel too derivative to thrill.

Give director Paul Borghese credit for daring in giving his movie a title that evokes Sergio Leone’s two most famous epics. The trouble with doing that, of course, is that you better be prepared to deliver a movie on the same level.

As far as derivative crime sagas go, Paul Borghese's film might represent the new gold standard of shameless barrel-scraping.

Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn's vision of the Mafia comes filtered through a needlessly complex screenplay, as if the creators felt the need to prove they've seen a few Arnaud Desplechin films alongside Goodfellas.

Barely qualifies as late-night cable television fodder.

Pathetically inept.