Illtown

This brooding, disturbingly violent crime drama from director Nick Gomez will disappoint viewers expecting another NEW JACK CITY. But for the adventurous, it's a spellbinding and highly original piece of filmmaking. Dante (Michael Rapaport) and Micky (Lili Taylor) are romantically involved heroin dealers who, along with their pal Cisco (Kevin Corrigan) and a string of adolescent dealers, run a small but profitable racket out of hip Florida nightclubs. It's a tidy setup, run as ethically as possible and glossed over with bourgeois sense of propriety. But respectability comes with a price tag: Years back, Gabriel (Adam Trese), the couple's out-of-control ex-partner a...