After being released from prison, Bobby goes back to the mob connected streets. When forced to make a life altering decision the truth is revealed that he was too blind to see.After being released from prison, Bobby goes back to the mob connected streets. When forced to make a life altering decision the truth is revealed that he was too blind to see.After being released from prison, Bobby goes back to the mob connected streets. When forced to make a life altering decision the truth is revealed that he was too blind to see.
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A friend of mine suggested I see this movie. I understood why she did after seeing it. The lead actor blew me away. He had incredible presence. I love the bad boys. Especially ones that can make you root for them. I thought the movie sent a very nice message of what is really important. I will be watching out for William DeMeo. I really enjoyed watching him from the opening scene. The scenes with his father Armand Assante were very good. I felt the compassion they felt for each other. Assante still has what it takes. The scene where he rips into his son towards the end of the movie is breath taking. I thought the movie had enough action for the story told and I felt all the supporting characters were very believable. If you are a fan of this genre. You won't be disappointed. I will be looking out for the future films of this director Paul Borghese.
Do not bother. This is such a bad movie. Paul Borghese and William Demeo cannot act. The script is cliche and copies every mob movie out there.
This movie could have been so much better. It had a decent cast and a good(not great) storyline. It was terribly over acted. Everyone was trying to be so dramatic in a film that was better suited to be an action film. The problem was , there wasn't any action. So a runtime of just under 2hrs felt like 4hrs. It dragged along complicated storylines that overlapped flashbacks & flashfowards. Unsatisfactory ending after a long buildup. It had just enough to keep you from turning it off. But not worth a rewatch.
I began watching this movie (but could NOT finish it) because of the title and some of the cast. Some. The others I had no idea who they are, still don't.
This movie is told mainly by a macho voice over. The male lead is an over the top (WAY over) macho guy. He's sadly laughable.
The opening scene is in a cemetery which for tells how bad the makeup is going to be. It's laughable. Again, sadly, everyone looks as if they were made up by a mortician's assistant - who's going to be fired on Friday. And you get to see a lot of it because this director loves his close ups. Close ups of faces and boobs. Yep. A classy movie. Not.
And the music is loud. Not good and and loud. Just loud.
This is one of those movies that has some excellent actors in it - why they attached themselves to this project, I have no idea. I'm just glad I cut my losses.
Now that I think about it, 2 stars are too many. Going down to one.
As always - make your own decision, but this is soooooooo bad.
This movie is told mainly by a macho voice over. The male lead is an over the top (WAY over) macho guy. He's sadly laughable.
The opening scene is in a cemetery which for tells how bad the makeup is going to be. It's laughable. Again, sadly, everyone looks as if they were made up by a mortician's assistant - who's going to be fired on Friday. And you get to see a lot of it because this director loves his close ups. Close ups of faces and boobs. Yep. A classy movie. Not.
And the music is loud. Not good and and loud. Just loud.
This is one of those movies that has some excellent actors in it - why they attached themselves to this project, I have no idea. I'm just glad I cut my losses.
Now that I think about it, 2 stars are too many. Going down to one.
As always - make your own decision, but this is soooooooo bad.
I had seen this title a few times and finally figured I'd give it a try. I mean after all it's a movie about Brooklyn and Ice T is in it. I couldn't get through more than a few minutes before turning it off & throwing it away. So if you're looking for a review on the story, I didn't see it. But for what I did see, it looked bad.
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- TriviaArmand Assante, Billy's father, played John Gotti in the 1996 HBO movie Gotti. William DeMeo (Billy) went on to portray Sammy Gravano in the 2018 John Travolta "Gotti" film.
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