The Bannen Way (2010)

A slick, sexy, action-packed show about Neal Bannen, a charming con-man with a police chief for a father, a mob boss for an uncle and a weakness for beautiful women, who wants to turn his ... See full summary »

Director:

Jesse Warren

Writers:

Jesse Warren (creator), Mark Gantt (creator),

Stars:

Mark Gantt, Vanessa Marcil, Gabriel Tigerman

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mark Gantt	...	Neal Bannen
Vanessa Marcil	...	Madison
Gabriel Tigerman	...	Zeke
Michael Ironside	...	Chief Bannen
Robert Forster	...	Mr. B
Michael Lerner	...	The Mensch
Ski Carr	...	Sonny (as Ski Cutty Carr)
Autumn Reeser	...	Jailbait
Brianne Davis	...	Bombshell
Brittany Ishibashi	...	Stiletto
Brynn Thayer	...	Margaret Bannen
Roman Varshavsky	...	Dimitri
Paul Duke	...	Hans
Dean Kreyling	...	Finch
Jeffrey R. Newman	...	Francis (as Jeff Newman)

Storyline

A slick, sexy, action-packed show about Neal Bannen, a charming con-man with a police chief for a father, a mob boss for an uncle and a weakness for beautiful women, who wants to turn his life around and leave the criminal lifestyle forever.

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Plot Keywords:

mob boss | con man | web series | thief | sex | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 January 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Bannen-módszer

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Colton Productions, Sony Pictures Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

During the final confrontation between the brothers, the mob brother is brandishing a semi-automatic handgun. The barrel is plugged and you can tell it is a prop gun.

User Reviews

Action-packed, stylish, but unremarkable

This movie is a nightmarish amalgamation of hackneyed premises too numerous to list in their entirety, but here are a few: Our hero/anti-hero is a slick charmer who's indebted to several crime bosses at once, coordinates elaborate plans to do the impossible with the help of his computer geek sidekick/guardian angel, sleeps with lots of women and narrowly avoids getting killed by some of them, and of course the cops want him too.

This film would've at least been a neatly-packaged directorial debut had it stuck to all that, but it got greedy: On top of all those other clichés, we then get a twist wherein we learn that nothing was what it seemed. That's when I started getting antsy, wishing the movie would end, which is never a good sign.

Some movies get made because someone has an idea and wants to see it come to life. Then there are the pictures that get made because someone with the right resources decided they simply wanted to make a movie, so they proceed to try and formulate some sort of film by borrowing elements that have proved successful in other films. This is one of the latter, and the result in this case is bland, mild entertainment, at best.

Nevertheless, I get the feeling that everyone involved has the talent, even if the drive is missing. As The Oracle would say, "You've got the gift, but it looks like you're waiting for something". The film is shot with an unoriginal yet well-executed style. The same staff/cast with a decent idea that everyone actually cared about could probably pull off a respectable movie. This unfortunately wasn't it.