Rockaway (2007)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Directors:

Jeff Crook
Josh Crook

Writers:

Jeff Crook (writer)
Josh Crook (writer)

Release Date:

7 July 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Tagline:

They took his family. Now, he'll take their lives.

Plot:

Trane is a decorated war hero just shipped home to the States from Afghanistan after the brutal murder of his wife and child back in Rockaway...

Plot Keywords:

One Word Title

Cast

Nicholas Gonzalez	...	Trane
Mario Cimarro	...	Juju
Oleg Taktarov	...	Ivan
Vitali Baganov	...	Sergei
Ricardo Chavira	...	Dave
David Vadim	...	Yuri
Joseph Siravo	...	Blitzer
Chris Ferry	...	McKern
Delilah Cotto	...	Caridad
John Carlino	...	Driggs
Antone Pagan	...	Detective Santos
Yevgeniy Dekhtyar	...	Igor
Chance Kelly	...	Army Soldier
Manny Perez	...	Antwan
Paris Campbell	...	Bum

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive strong bloody violence and language, some drug use and sexuality.

Runtime:

78 min | USA:90 min (original release)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish | Russian | Dari

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA | New Zealand:R18

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Rockaway the Movie

Trivia:

Trane's dog tag contains the number string 8675309, a reference to the band Tommy Tutone's only hit from 1982.

Riveting Movie with a great Oleg Taktarov performance.

"Rockaway" is not always an easy movie to watch. The brutality keeps coming, as the movie tells the story of a returning vet from Afghanistan who faces as much personal chaos in the States as he encountered at war. Nicholas Gonzalez plays Trane, the homecoming vet, whose wife and child were murdered in Rockaway when they got in the way of the local mob. The brutality is necessary, because the story (said to be truth based) can not take it easy on either the facts or its themes to be effective. Trane comes home to neighborhood warfare and economic desolation in an often overlooked pocket of America. One of his adversaries is a Russian mob enforcer played masterfully by Oleg Taktarov, depicting another Afghan vet who served in the Soviet Army. Taktarov's character Ivan is menacing, but the actor also makes him sympathetic as Ivan, like Trane, was psychologically and morally exhausted by war in the Middle East. Taktarov gets better with every role, and when he's on the screen, "Rockaway" delivers its messages with breathless impact.