Malevolence (2004/II)

User Rating:

2.6/10   

Directors:

Nick Groff
Mike A. Martinez

Writers:

Nick Groff (writer)
Mike A. Martinez (writer)

Genre:

Crime | Action | Drama

Tagline:

When bad things happen to bad people

Plot:

Antonio owes the Robaldo family a hundred G's, Gray wants revenge on the street gang who mugged him...

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Stabbing | Escape | Murder | School Shooting

Cast

Scott Brown	...	Jimmy Calaruso
Steve Reaser	...	David Calaruso
Christopher J. Buzzell	...	Gray Corolla (as Jackamoe Buzzell)
Gerrence George	...	Det. Ernest R. Brickley
Adam Yoder	...	Joshua
P. David Miller	...	Tony Arzenta
Steed Corulla	...	Antonio Robaldo
Tezz Yancey	...	Tim "One Shot" Brown
Gordon Mitchell	...	Capo Fabrizio De Martino
Matt Sjafiroeddin	...	Young Antonio
Jeff Burbank	...	Brad Wagler
Joseph Szewczyk	...	Brandon Wagler
Julius 'Dutch' Schwall	...	Giuseppe Robaldo, The Boss
Clint Wilder	...	Craig Brown
Justine Baker	...	Flower, the prostitute

Runtime:

127 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Beatty, Nevada, USA

Company:

Film Harvest Productions

Trivia:

Both the number on Jimmy's prison uniform and De Martino's phone number in the movie are 867-5309

Quotes:

Mr. Antonio Robaldo: He would have rather entered a prison cell wearing a dress than walk into that room.

Movie Connections:

References The Last House on the Left (1972)

Soundtrack:

In Sweet Sorrow

Mike Martinez is back to his old tricks

Well, actually he's not, and that's a good thing. Otherwise we'd be watching SPACEWORMS 2 and be all the more retarded for it.

In the tradition of such recent Hollywood epics as CRASH, HEAT and MAGNOLIA comes another gut-wrenching drama about inner racism, violence and human nature in the gritty city: MALEVOLENCE. Where does one start with a plot synopsis? This movie has it all, from gangsters to prison escapees to rogue doctors to dangerous gangs...yet it all makes sense in the end. The narrative takes more twists and turns than Quentin Tarantino running a pretzel factory.

Some limitations of low budget film-making come into play (inexperienced action editing and some horrific acting - a Martinez staple) but it ultimately ends up a fairly engrossing grim fairy tale that writes its own rules. Easily the best film in the Martinez cannon.