Some Good Acting Chops are On Display in this B-Movie and the Story is OK but the Thing Lacks Style. It is Remarkable to Add an Intellectual Subplot to the Usual Gangster Clichés like Drugs, Slang, and Swagger. A Gangster Thug who Knows that there is More than just Beatings and Intimidation but hasn't a Clue, is Attracted to a Formerly Successful Writer Suffering the Block and is Hitting the Bottle and Befriends Him for a Cultural Tradeoff.
It is All Mediocre and the Dialog is Middle of the Road and the Action is Restrained, but Again there is No Style Awarded to the Characters or the Script. It just sort of Lies there a Good Idea Unfulfilled. The Love Triangle goes No Where and is Contrived and not Thought Out Very Well.
Worth a Watch but the Sparks Never Ignite and the Middle Reveal is so Sudden and Unbelievable that the Film Suffers for the Remainder, Never Managing to Recover from that Ill Advised bit of Double-Cross.
It is All Mediocre and the Dialog is Middle of the Road and the Action is Restrained, but Again there is No Style Awarded to the Characters or the Script. It just sort of Lies there a Good Idea Unfulfilled. The Love Triangle goes No Where and is Contrived and not Thought Out Very Well.
Worth a Watch but the Sparks Never Ignite and the Middle Reveal is so Sudden and Unbelievable that the Film Suffers for the Remainder, Never Managing to Recover from that Ill Advised bit of Double-Cross.