Writ & Dir: James Grey
- Joaquin Phoenix … Robert ‘Bobby’ Green
- Eva Mendes … Amada Juarez
- Mark Wahlberg … Capt. Joseph ‘Joe’ Grusinsky
- Robert Duvall … Deputy Chief Albert ‘Bert’ Grusinsky
- Alex Veadov … Vadim Nezhinski
- Danny Hoch … Jumbo Falsetti
Bobby is a night club manager. It is the 1980’s, New York. Life is good. Until the day his brother comes calling. Bobby’s brother, Joe, you see, is a cop. A drugs cop and he arrives in full on SWAT-mode at the club. This is not a way to ensure peaceful family get togethers. Especially considering that we already know there is tension in the family. You can just guess at the resulting tensions. But then the Russian bad-guys organise a hit on Joe. Bobby is stung into action and swears revenge. In this life or the next.[1]
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Tags: 1988, 5 Stars, Alex Veadov, clichéd, crime, Danny Hoch, drugs, Eva Mendes, James Grey, Joaquin Phoenix, looks cool, Mark Wahlberg, New York, police, predictable, R15A, Robert Duvall, USA - 1980s- yeah yeah, that is vengeance, but whatever ↩
