A mobster moves to a new town as a protected witness and tries to start over, only to find he can't escape his old ways.
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Title: Protection (2001)
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Cast
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| Stephen Baldwin | ... | Sal | |
| Peter Gallagher | ... | Ted | |
| Aron Tager | ... | Lujak | |
| Katie Griffin | ... | Gina | |
| Deborah Odell | ... | Laura | |
| Vlasta Vrana | ... | Shimanski | |
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Gary Fine | ... | Mario |
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Brennan Delaney | ... | Josh |
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Carlo Berardinucci | ... | Joey |
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Amy Sobol | ... | Jenny |
| Mark Camacho | ... | Peter | |
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Edward Yankie | ... | Buzz (as Edward Yankee) |
| Olga Montes | ... | Vanessa | |
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David L. McCallum | ... | Bud Barstow |
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Ian Finlay | ... | Maynard |
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A mobster moves to a new town as a protected witness and tries to start over, only to find he can't escape his old ways.
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Country:
CanadaLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
28 October 2001 (Turkey) See more »Also Known As:
Protection See more »Filming Locations:
Montréal, Québec, CanadaCompany Credits
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Alliance Atlantis Communications, Faulkner-Bibo Productions Inc., Le Monde Entertainment See more »
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You think this film is about the mob? Nossir. It's actually a tawdry suburban tale of a struggling property developer who just after being turned down by the bank (nonsense Hollywood stereotype that banks are conservative) who gets a new neighbor who is in the mob.
How cool I can hear you think.
It's not. It's predictable of course. The mobster is a lady's man who gets real friendly with all his Presbyterian neighbors' wives.
Why has the hoodlum moved into the quiet suburbia? Witness Protection of course. Now there's a well-worn cinematic cliche.
The whole production is cliche corner. No degree of predictability stays unexplored in this one.