Three interconnected stories of a mobster looking to make a power play (Vincent D'Onofrio), working class guy who decides to pull a robbery to get money for an operation (Ethan Hawke) and a deaf deli counter man who knows both of them. How the trio come together, or more correctly intersect is the story. Told out of order this is the story of three lost souls who get in over their heads.
Its an okay little film that holds your attention even if you know where its going (I had a good idea what the end was going to be). The trouble with the film is that the odd mix of comedy and drama doesn't always work. D'Onofrio's mobster looking for something bigger seems to have wandered in from another film. This is a scary guy? I don't think so. He's more a buffoon then a serious threat. Hawke's character is clearly over his head and why he would think he could get away with it is beyond me (it seems like a variation of his characters in Before the Devil Knows you're Dead and What Doesn't Kill You). The weird shifts in tone make for a unique film in that all of the bits work, the trouble is they don't really work together all that well. It's an okay film not the great one that it wants to be. I don't know what to say beyond I liked the film, it held my attention all the way to the end but at the same time I don't need to ever see it again. It's a rental at best.
Its an okay little film that holds your attention even if you know where its going (I had a good idea what the end was going to be). The trouble with the film is that the odd mix of comedy and drama doesn't always work. D'Onofrio's mobster looking for something bigger seems to have wandered in from another film. This is a scary guy? I don't think so. He's more a buffoon then a serious threat. Hawke's character is clearly over his head and why he would think he could get away with it is beyond me (it seems like a variation of his characters in Before the Devil Knows you're Dead and What Doesn't Kill You). The weird shifts in tone make for a unique film in that all of the bits work, the trouble is they don't really work together all that well. It's an okay film not the great one that it wants to be. I don't know what to say beyond I liked the film, it held my attention all the way to the end but at the same time I don't need to ever see it again. It's a rental at best.