I didn't think it was that great but it was good enough to watch when bored at home. The acting was good, plot was over dramatic and I felt as if something was missing. Still not bad but yeah..
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Don't believe the IMDB rating of this film - It's awful.
b6nus10 September 2021
I watched 5thB on Prime having seen it was rated at 7.8 on IMDB. It's pretty obvious very quickly that this is down to fake ratings and reviews. A few minutes in I already knew I'd been cheated and so paused the film and came to investigate. Clicking the rating and seeing the 'Top 1000' voters had given it an average 4.4 made more sense. In my opinion this is still too high. I'd love to see the Amazon stats on how many people made it to the end of this film. Less than 10% I reckon. I watched to the end so that I could give this a fair rating... it doesn't get worse, so if you survive the first 10mins, you could make it to the end. But it doesn't get better.
EXCRUCIATINGLY PAINFUL 2 WATCH! OUUUCH!!
covington_c6 September 2020
Script HORRIBLE. Directing GARBAGE. Even camera work & sound are TERRIBLE! Even all of the has been A-listers couldn't save this sulfuric poot of a stinker. & Tara Reid should really just retire from acting altogether. Not to mention, that was one of THE WORST 'wrap it up' box endings I've EVER seen! & for the movie to be rated 8.6 out or 1100+ reviews, I find this to be EXTREMELY UNBELIEVABLE! AVOID AT ALL COST! Consider yourself THOROUGHLY warned!
It killed some time...then....
jfsh-3210418 January 2023
Not a big indie fan but being it was a local film from NY I figured why not. All of the "stars" I have enjoyed much better in their other movies/shows. Maybe it was the script that lead to their performances.
The producer/leading man to me made a huge mistake right from the start, while he was giving Brancato another chance at acting, putting him in a NYPD uniform after his past involvement in a major incident (you can look this up if you do not know) was unforgivable. It's at this point I turned off the movie. The producer and his own NYPD past should have known better.....There's a line you do not cross, they did.
The producer/leading man to me made a huge mistake right from the start, while he was giving Brancato another chance at acting, putting him in a NYPD uniform after his past involvement in a major incident (you can look this up if you do not know) was unforgivable. It's at this point I turned off the movie. The producer and his own NYPD past should have known better.....There's a line you do not cross, they did.
Worst Piece of Crap I Have Ever Seen
robbenn6930 April 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Looking at all the good reviews this film received, I can only say, that the filmmaker's family must have wrote most of them. This movie is such an embarrassing oeuvre, that the principal actors should be banned from ever being in a film again. Even Audrey Landers, who is usually a decent actress with an impressive cv, acts wooden and distant. Lilo Brancato is a poor man's Robert DeNiro, and that is not a compliment. The editing was awful with no exposition as to how we get from one place to another in the film's plot. It's as if a series of short films were put together with absolutely no segues. I kept watching, hoping for one little redeeming quality and was left numb and disappointed. The writing is atrocious, I am not sure it even had a script and was ad- libbed, badly. Here's the plot so you won't waste precious time watching it. Filmaker, director, and writer Steve Stanulis plays Nico, whose daughter is dying from brain cancer. His wife played by Tara Reid is an NYPD Internal Affairs Detective, which is totally unconvincing. I am not sure why that was even in the story. Since the bar that he owns with three other friends is failing, they resort to getting involved with Uncle Angelo played by Al Sapienza who just seems tired throughout the film. Lilo Brancato and Joseph Russo play brothers. Sonny and Charlie. So, the four of them start committing robberies for Uncle Angelo. They pull off a diamond heist where what they steal looks like bad costume jewelry from Goodwill or a Salvation Army store. Then they impersonate cops and rip off a drug dealer. Uncle Angelo decides to give all the stolen money to drug rehab agencies. WTF? After 2 jobs, Sonny is like, "Screw this, I'm going with plan B." What plan B is, I am not sure. First he meets with a sketchy Asian dude and makes some kind of deal with him that is not explained. The Asian dude says to his associate, "I never want to see him again." The implication being that he is going to get whacked by the Asian guy, right? The next scene we see Sonny getting into a Escalade and is talking to Feds. Is the guy sitting next to him his lawyer or some guy he just met? Who knows? Meanwhile there are these two stupid NYPD detectives running around accomplishing nothing. Why are they even in the film? Did Stanulis offer them parts in the film for investment money? There seems to be no other purpose for them in the film. Next scene is Sonny in a jail cell (when did that happen?) talking with his brother Charlie. Charlie decides to be a "stand-up guy" and side with Uncle Angelo, who has his goon blow his brains out. Oops, guess that wasn't a good decision. Also in the film is Charlie's stripper girlfriend played by Erin O'Brien in another pointless role. If she is there for eye candy, they could have done better. She is unconvincing as a stripper and has the body of a 13- year old boy. Why was she even in this film? It ends up with Lilo Brancato fake crying, Charlie dead, Nico's daughter overdosing on heroin, and Nico getting arrested, I think. It just ends with him on the steps of his house and Tara Reid inside screaming with grief. The story is all over the place and we don't know how we got from one scene to the next. This film is useful for one thing, it is so bad, it should be used in film school to show how not to make a movie. I have seen better films made by high school students on Youtube.
Entertaining
gary-ent-19911 June 2020
Nice
ethanleefilms6 June 2020
Decent movie to watch with friends. Had some familiar faces and the story held up to the end. I think the editing could have been better, I felt like it was dragging a little towards the middle but regardless of that it's still a 7 star indie flick.
Deep
mariahriley-403688 June 2020
This is a gem of a movie. Who doesn't love a movie with Tara Reid in it? The story is deep and for anybody (like me) that has had a family member who has been diagnosed with brain tumor can relate emotionally. A very well done film, thanks for making this! Good drama, acting and the best ending.
Real talent
charlieleo-6680622 August 2020
Anything for family
connieeast9 December 2020
How far would you go for your family? That's the theme of the film and it worked. Great acting with some real superstars in this gritty and entertaining film. The ending was unexpected so make sure you watch till the end. Clever script writing with many twist and turns. Love this one...
Cool flick
robrall440s16 June 2020
Enjoyed it
jaredimdb202015 June 2020
Support NY filmmakers
gayleroyal15 June 2020
Good crime movie
shanksfilmmaker4 June 2020
Heartfelt
kanethegod14 June 2020
Here for Tara Reid
d-ramseeey5 June 2020
Entertaining
nathanielconnors15 July 2020
Highly Recommend!
brianaaceti18 June 2020
Impressive
carlos0338 June 2020
Staten Island!
mistykristy03219 June 2020
I'm from staten island so you know I had to watch this! Good plot with a nice ending plus i'm so happy to see Tara Reid again doing her thing. This is a solid movie to watch with friends, has a bit of every genre to keep us all happy.
Perfect weekend movie
lyansmith-7810517 August 2020
A winner
aaron-heeran14 July 2020
Solid Movie
charleibizzy328 June 2020
A real good indie film
k-3416227 September 2020
Had a lot of free time this weekend so I rented it and it was pretty cool movie. Steve Stanulis is a super talented director and actor and i've seen some pretty bad indie films but this one was high quality with a 8 out of 10 storyline and production. Looking forward to more projects from him. Keep it up!
It's on Prime
tillphillip11 March 2021
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