This contrived Mafia movie suffers by comparison with the better-crafted MONEY KINGS (1999), whose well-tailored script construction and flavorful dialogue lend it an air of authenticity. This film founders on too-numerous cliffhangers that relegate it to some second-string Mario Puzo ghetto. Too soft hearted to be a professional money-collector, ex-gridiron star Ricco Burke (Michael Pare) rubs venal mobster boss Tommy C. (Raymond Serra) the wrong way. Ricco vacillates when Tommy orders him to rough up debtor Jerry Trask (Austin Pendleton), and when Jerry's pals fight back, Ricco eliminates them. But he co-opts their plan to rip off Tommy C., and lets his dim-bulb br...
Released:
1999
Rated:
R
Length:
80 mins