Cut Throat City

The editing department must've became casualties of covid. There is nice body and setup for the finale, but when the last leg of the movie comes- things basically turn into a quagmire. I am perplexed and dissatisfied. With movies/stories it's the final impression that's the lasting impression.

What's the point of having a movie based in New Orleans, if the accents are all over the place.

I didn't necessarily think this was a terrible movie but I feel it could have been much better, maybe needed a better director or something. The lead actors were good actors but this could have been the next hood classic movie but it fail short.

Four best friends from the Lower Ninth Ward in post-Katrina New Orleans are struggling to survive. They try to rob a casino under the direction of local gangster Cousin Bass. It goes wrong and they become fugitives from both Bass and the law.

The characters are talking about Tarantino. RZA is obviously taking some homage with him. It's nowhere near that level but non of that is a cinematic sin. The first half is actually pretty good. I like the four buddies and I like crime drama. I like T.I. I like this movie until Terrence Howard and Ethan Hawke show up. Those characters are unnecessary and the movie is too long anyways. After the first half, it only needs a few more scenes before a big shoot-out to finish off a good crime B-movie. It wastes a couple A-level talents and the movie is compromised by them.

Nobody with an actual New Orleans accent in the movie huh? And casting TI? Come on man, I'm pretty sure Juvenile was unemployed around this time. Lil Wayne or something.