13 (2010)

A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men.

Director:

Géla Babluani

Writers:

Géla Babluani (screenplay), Greg Pruss (screenplay) (as Gregory Pruss)

Stars:

Sam Riley, Alice Barrett, Gaby Hoffmann

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sam Riley	...	Vince Ferro
Alice Barrett	...	Leanne Ferro (as Alice Barrett Mitchell)
Gaby Hoffmann	...	Clara Ferro
Jason Statham	...	Jasper
Stephen Beach	...	Nick Ferro
Mickey Rourke	...	Jefferson
Emmanuelle Chriqui	...	Aileen
Michael Berry Jr.	...	William
Mike D'Onofrio	...	Frank (as Michael D'Onofrio)
Starla Benford	...	Doctor Anna Cummings
Ray Winstone	...	Ronald Lynn Bagges
Daisy Tahan	...	Jenny Ferro
Carlos Reig-Plaza	...	Warden
Forrest Griffin	...	Joey Blarro
Ed Bergtold	...	Cop #1

Storyline

In Talbot, Ohio, a father's need for surgeries puts the family in a financial bind. His son Vince, an electrician, overhears a man talking about making a fortune in just a day. When the man overdoses on drugs, Vince finds instructions and a cell phone that the man has received and substitutes himself: taking a train to New York and awaiting contact. He has no idea what it's about. He ends up at a remote house where wealthy men bet on who will survive a complicated game of Russian roulette: he's number 13. In flashbacks we meet other contestants, including a man whose brother takes him out of a mental institution in order to compete. Can Vince be the last one standing?

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Plot Keywords:

flashback | character repeats someone else's dialogue | light bulb | new york city | electrician | 

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Taglines:

Who will be the last man standing? [Scandinavian DVD.]

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for disturbing violence, language and brief drug use

Did You Know?

Trivia

Chuck Zito is a former bodyguard for Mickey Rourke, and also worked as his stunt man for some of the martial arts scenes in Point Blank (1998).

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Goofs

An exit door in the train station is locked preventing exit. Safety building codes require exit doors to be open from the inside even if they are locked when trying to enter.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Vince Ferro: [leaving the house] Mom?
Leanne Ferro: I'm here.
Clara Ferro: [running out of the house] Mom! You forgot it. Are you sure this is the right thing? It feels like we barely even thought about it.
Leanne Ferro: Yeah, we did.
Vince Ferro: We don't have any other option, Clara.
Clara Ferro: Okay.

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Connections

Edited into The Clock (2010)

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Soundtracks

Be My Gun
Performed by: Verenice Buerling
Written by: Verenice Buerling
Composed by: Alexander Bubenheim

User Reviews

Bad movie. Horrible ending.

I enjoyed the premise. I just enjoyed it better in the original. Sadly this is just another bad film in a sea of bad films. The movie is mildly entertaining up until the near end. Then you get a nice feel good movie buzz from how the movie turns. Then they end it in the most nihilistic manner possible. It aggravated me to the point where I shut the film off and came here to rant.

There are plenty of good films out there within the genre to satisfy any fan of these types of movies. So please pass this one up. Its really not worth your time.

Thanks for reading and I hope I helped sway you from this atrocity.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

March 2010 (New Zealand)

Also Known As:

13

Filming Locations:

Crestwood, New York, USA

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,701,600

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alliance Cinema, Alliance Cinema, Overnight Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1