Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
David Caruso | ... | Jimmy Kilmartin | |
Samuel L. Jackson | ... | Calvin Hart | |
Nicolas Cage | ... | Little Junior Brown | |
Helen Hunt | ... | Bev Kilmartin | |
Kathryn Erbe | ... | Rosie Kilmartin | |
Stanley Tucci | ... | Frank Zioli | |
Michael Rapaport | ... | Ronnie Gannon | |
Ving Rhames | ... | Omar | |
Philip Baker Hall | ... | Big Junior Brown | |
Anthony Heald | ... | Jack Gold | |
Angel David | ... | J.J. | |
John Costelloe | ... | Cleary | |
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Lindsay J. Wrinn | ... | Corinna as a Toddler |
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Megan L. Wrinn | ... | Corinna as a Toddler |
Katie Sagona | ... | Corinna, 4 Years Old |
Jimmy Kilmartin's an ex-con who's trying to go straight. But he can't say no to a quick driving job because his so called friend's life is threatened. The job is for Little Junior Brown, a violent and powerful villain. When things go wrong, Jimmy is left to do the time, and his whole life is turned upside-down, but if that wasn't enough, the cops won't leave Jimmy alone when he gets out... They want 'Little Junior' Written by Rob Hartill, corrected by Lex Gustafsson
America has the best justice money can buy- meaning gentry that pay for the privilege of justice receive it and normal citizens will see justice only by pure accident. Here is a normal citizen who served his time but continues to be harassed by police- a common tactic of pigs- since they are too stupid to be detectives- they make their informants do all the dirty work of investigation under penalty of return to prison on some lies and setups-ya know- who they gonna believe? Me or you? This is the framework this movie operates in- the reality that most cops and lawyers are total scum that need two neat in the back of the head, and justice is a fairy tale in America.
Add in a little action jackson moments to spice it up and we have a watchable movie that is reasonably OK- not stellar- but watchable to the finish and a decent job of acting by our lead. This is one of the few action flicks that actually tries to do some acting- our lead does a great job- his supporting actors do OK- but not great.
All in all- I would watch this movie for a matinée by myself. One of the humorous things in this movie is you see Nicholas Cage bulked up as a guido in a disco.