Hell's Kitchen (1998)

Three young men go rob a man and two of the robbers get shot and the third robber shoots the man dead. The one guy left standing assumes his 2 buddies are dead, grabs the money and leaves. ... See full summary »

Director:

Tony Cinciripini

Writers:

Tony Cinciripini, Antone Pagán (street dialogue)

Stars:

Rosanna Arquette, William Forsythe, Angelina Jolie

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rosanna Arquette	...	Liz
William Forsythe	...	Lou
Angelina Jolie	...	Gloria
Mekhi Phifer	...	Johnny
Johnny Whitworth	...	Patty
Stephen Payne	...	Boyle
Jade Yorker	...	Ricky
Michael Nicolosi	...	Sean (as Mike Nicolosi)
Ryan Slater	...	Hayden
Sharif Rashed	...	Stevey (as Sharif Rashid)
Martin Shakar	...	Warden
Ricky Tyberg	...	Jingo
Al Cayne	...	Sly
Stephon Fuller	...	Spike
Dan Musico	...	Hines

Storyline

Three young men go rob a man and two of the robbers get shot and the third robber shoots the man dead. The one guy left standing assumes his 2 buddies are dead, grabs the money and leaves. Johnny survives and goes to prison for 5 years, one robber dies, and the 3rd guy gets away with the money scot-free and lies to Hayden's sister that Johnny killed Hayden. When Johnny is released, Gloria meets him and tells him that he is dead just like her brother. She asks her boyfriend, Patty, to kill Johnny but he can't because he knows he did not kill her brother. In the meantime, Johnny wants to go straight and gets into boxing and Patty gets sexually involved with Gloria's mother, Liz, who is a drug addicted night club singer with a bad leg. Gloria gets rather angry with Patty and Liz and problems ensue.

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Plot Keywords:

taking a dive | taking the fall | new york city | hell's kitchen manhattan new york city | boxing | 

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Taglines:

The road to redemption is covered in blood.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexuality, language, drugs and violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 January 2001 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Hell's Kitchen N.Y.C.

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$6,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,332, 5 December 1999, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$9,122, 19 December 1999

Company Credits

Production Co:

HK Film Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Nasty
Performed by Milk and Mark Passy
Music by Milk and Mark Passy

User Reviews

Vastly underrated

I am amazed that this film got such a low score. I personally thought it was a very convincing and moving mood piece and was well acted all round. Quite clearly an indie film and a character study but has a plot that moves along quite quickly and gives plenty of opportunity for reflection without ever moralising or passing judgement or overtly trying to make a social or political statement. No clear good guys and bad guys but rather interesting and individual characters caught up in a bad situation. Apart from anything else it had a great soundtrack/score and the original song by Rosanna Arquette was fantastic!

Perhaps the problem is that Angelina Jolie fans picked this one up for a perve?