When the New York journalist Jake Bridges catches his girlfriend with another guy, he goes to Atlantic City to drink himself to oblivion. He is saved from a bar brawl by a small-time ...
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| William Petersen | ... | Jake / Journalist | |
| Michael Wincott | ... | Frankie / Mobster | |
| Diane Lane | ... | Melissa / Nurse / Frankie's girlfriend | |
| Kevin Gage | ... | Ward | |
| Michael Byrne | ... | Lange | |
| R. Lee Ermey | ... | Jerry | |
| Meat Loaf | ... | Lew Collins | |
| Musetta Vander | ... | Grace / Waitress | |
| John Fleck | ... | Willis | |
| Badja Djola | ... | Abel | |
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Benjamin Lum | ... | Kwai |
| Natalie Canerday | ... | Jan | |
| Eric Schaeffer | ... | Gwynne | |
| Al Vicente | ... | Commando Leader | |
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Jodi Verdu | ... | Tina |
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When the New York journalist Jake Bridges catches his girlfriend with another guy, he goes to Atlantic City to drink himself to oblivion. He is saved from a bar brawl by a small-time mobster Frankie, and Jake falls in love with Frankie's girlfriend Melissa. Jake soon also joins Frankie in his money-collecting duties. Written by Anonymous
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Jake Bridges: [narrating] I always wanted to be close to dangerous guys. Even wanted to be a dangerous guy. Truth is, didn't know what I wanted.
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[first lines]Jake Bridges: [narrating] I always wanted to be close to dangerous guys. Even wanted to be a dangerous guy. Truth is, didn't know what I wanted.
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Okay, it's one of the oldest plot lines in the gangster film genre, but if done well, the "man infiltrates vicious gang and finds himself loyal to the friend who got him in.". The cast is good, William Peterson has the downtrodden man character down pat these days, Diane Lane is serviceable, but the real surprises come by the way of Micheal Wincott finally playing a sympathetic almost good-guy, and Eric Schaeffer for the first time in his life not being annoying on screen as the creepy hitman. Good dialogue, an abscence of bad acting, and dark look that hides its low budget origins. Definitely worth picking up from the video shop.