Duke

I have never been one for indie films due to grit and low budget feeling acting and camera work. The Gaudioso Twins are very very good at telling stories and doing so in an attractive package. This film is highly gritty but not in a way that turns the average movie goer off. There are many many moments where characters really perform well. The camera angles are nice. The story is very bitter sweet. For me most films/stories can be boiled down to one moment, the climax. This story unfolds and by the end, emotions will run very high. The first there quarters of the film are very fun and entertaining, like sin city. The final quarter the film takes a turn from action to drama and narrows focus on the heart of the main characters. Like any good flick we see snippets of characters background to shine light on the "why" of certain moments and certain expressions of the characters. I have watched this film just in the last week or so about 25 times simply because by the end the emotions are very bitter sweet and deep. Beneath the grit lies a beautiful and sad story that is sure to stroke those emotions. As a composer my self I would like to commend the music for doing its job, it played a very big role in ushering in the emotions of the sequences. I would say indie fan or not this is a great story!

Quite awful film with weak story line, desultory acting and lack of direction.

I have to say; I am impressed. If you're looking for a hollywood smash, this isn't for you. But if you love a complicated slow burn, with some unexpected twists. This movie is definitely for you.

This film will be studied one day and funny enough I audited an acting class years ago in Los Angeles and they were doing the scene between Morrison and Roman, partners played to perfection by Anthony Gaudioso and Michael Bowen in the film. I almost fell off my seat, lol. I thought I was the only one who had heard of this masterpiece. For me this is indie film at it's best. For anyone who knows the Gaudioso Twins they know these two are the real deal. Indie filmmakers to their core. Both from an exceptionally blue collar background these two came from nothing. No industry connection. No inside track. They discussed this film during a screening stating they drew upon their fathers ill fated time spent at Mount Loretto's institution as a jumping off point for this heartbreaking and stirring narrative.

There's about a 5 minute scene of a strip club fully naked women.