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This is not your usual Hoodlum movie in that this hoodlum is a woman. What a woman, too. Lena Olin is TOO hot in this little thriller. She is a Mafia hit woman and torments her pursuer, bad cop Gary Oldman, beyond belief. Oldman is absolutely fascinating. Like watching a car wreck; you can't seem to turn away, much as you'd like to. He is just brilliant, actually. I end up watching mostly ALL of his stuff. I liked this movie also because of the unusual reversal of roles without the usual unbelievable "woman doing a man's job" type of thing that is usually so ridiculous (ie:Sharon Stone's "The Quick and The Dead" - what crapski!). Another of my faves, Juliette Lewis, is also featured as Oldman's hooker/girlfriend. She just grabs ya by the short hairs and twists; sometimes being so pitiful it's difficult to watch. What a raw talent this kid is. Yeah, yeah! See this; then, come back to my forum and tell me what you thought. I'll be waiting. . . |
Cool! Christopher Walken - my MAN! This is a story of a hood and his family. A brother is being buried when the movie opens and we then follow flashbacks to see how this came about and what our Mr. Walken plans to do about it. You KNOW he's gonna try to get even, don't you? Walken is just menacing and crazy. I LOVE that!
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All the hoodlums in this movie are entertaining and deadly. The dead brother is played by Vincent Gallo (recently seen in Buffalo 66). Poor homely little mugger; but talented. Chris Penn is another brother with Isabella Rosselini as his wife. I love watching the two Christophers, Penn and Walken, in just anything and they certainly don't disappoint here. The violence isn't quite as pronounced as in other hoodlum flicks, but still very bad things can happen. I can't think of anything else right at this moment, other than to say this movie is a good one to escape into. |
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This is a story of the Kray brothers. Brit gangsters - sellers of "protection". I loved it when our small town newspaper actually carried the story of Ronnie's passing a couple years ago. This is a pretty harsh and graphic little flick, but totally entertaining. I happen to hate any type of violence in real life, but I totally love gratuitous violence in the movies. This has it. Ronnie and Reggie Kray are portrayed by real-life brothers, Martin and Gary Kemp (also of the dead rock group "Spandeau Ballet"). Martin has done several other movies, also, but we won't go into them now. Suffice it to say, this little video gem will entertain. Go get it ... and check this out! - The Krays - . It's too cool! . . . and many thanks to STEVO for the link!. |
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This is more like it. Probably my favorite of all the Coen Brothers flicks. Besides all the great actors in it, it's a pretty good story of life in the 30s - police corruption at it's height - prohibition - Irish gangsters - and all. This film rocks. Violence, romance, mystery, intrigue, double-crosses; everything that makes for a great escapism flick. Steve Busceimi and John Torturro are, as par, weird and wonderful and Gabriel Byrne? . . . well, just plain SEXY!! There's a woman in there who is supposed to be the love interest, but I didn't notice her much other than she was a pain in Byrne's butt. You'll like this video if you like old-time mobsters. You'll really like it if you like Torturro-Byrne-Busceimi. Go get it and watch it preferably alone so no one will interrupt you during the good parts. Torturro pleading for his life from Byrne is so dramatic; "Look in your heart! I'm praying' to ya, Tom! Look in your heart!" "I can't die out here in the woods like an animal!" It'll make your hair stand on end until......well, just don't miss it, that's all. Trust me. |
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FRANKIE THE FLY Now, this little flick is not for the squeamish. It's not for, like, a "date movie". I don't know what it's for, exactly, except maybe for fans of Hopper and Madsen. They are a screaming RIOT in this ridiculous, just-for-fun ......... thing. Go on. It'll probably show up on HBO someday, but you'll wanna watch it at your own convenience won'tcha? Madsen is a gang boss who collects things in jars. I like the name of his character, too - "Sal". Ain't it cool? Darryl Hannah is also in this and she's quite good. Everyone is, surprisingly; even Keifer Sutherland is bearable. I guess I really liked him in it cause he gets his butt kicked all through the flick. I liked that. And Dennis? Well, he's Frankie the Fly and just plain fun to watch at all times, as far as I'm concerned. Try not to let this be the last time you let ME recommend a movie for you. COULD BE, you'll like it as much as I did. You owe yourself a try-on. |
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This is the first Harvey Keitel movie I ever saw and a doozy it is, too. I think I rented (and then bought) it in 1978 and it blew me away because, up to that point, I hadn't had any exposure to any kind of independent-type film making. Now, I can't get enough indies to see Keitel's "Jimmy" collects debts for his mobster father and strives for musical success for his emotionally damaged mother. Jimmy is a talented pianist who is trying to audition for an important recital in deference to his mother who is in a mental hospital while trying not to let his father down. Of course, there are no winners, but a wonderful scorcese-ian film, just the same. The music was great. I never hear the early rock classic, Summertime ("It's summertime, summertime, sum, sum, summertime..") by The Jamies, without seeing Jimmy grooving on it in the restaurant...... then beating up the guy who tells him to turn down his boombox. If you like Harvey, you gotta see this flick. Tell'em Sal sentcha! |
