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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: Lions Gate
Salesrank: 113745
Released: November 19, 2002 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A couple lives a double life, as loving parents by day and herion dealers by night; drug traffickers threaten their livelihood and kidnap the husband.
Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: R
Release Date: 20-MAY-2003
Media Type: DVD
'R Xmas Reviews:
Another subtle Ferrara film 
2007-06-10 - Ferrara films have certain elements that are so over-the-top that it's easy to see he is often doing (or at least attempting) very subtle things with the camera, script and actors. This plays as the flipside of KING OF NEW YORK, a film that focuses on the mundane details of day-to-day drug dealing (which is not made up of endless shoot-outs on rain-slicked Manhattan streets) and then creates an interesting conflict where cops kidnap the drug-dealing husband for both the right and wrong reasons, and we're sympathetic to the wife (very convincingly played by Drea De Mateo) as she attempts to extricate him due to her genuine love for the fellow, but also disturbed because of their willful ignorance towards the wrongness of what they're doing....it is indeed a "slow" film, especially compared to KING (which is a terrific flick), but I think Ferrara is still an interesting director with a unique viewpoint.
Great movie
2005-12-29 - This movie is very good. I don't know why, but americans seem to completely underrate and not understand Ferrara's movies, while in other parts of the world (for example in Russia) he is valued much higher.
I watched the movie in cinema a couple of years ago and liked it very much. Today I watched it again on the Russian DVD and liked it again.
I haven't seen this particular DVD, but I'm almost sure both the quality and supplements on this disc are good. If you like Abel Ferrara's work and/or this movie I could only reccoment to buy this DVD.
What was Abel Ferrara smoking? 
2004-09-11 - This movie is horrible. The story, the acting, the directing. Just horrible.
good, not great 
2004-05-31 - This movie was a good movie about drug dealers in NYC. If you like movies with a new york feel and look then watch it. Lillo Brancato tries too hard in his accent to sound Dominican. It sounds strained and fake. Fans of ABel ferraras films should watch.
could have been.. 
2004-01-01 - This movie was about drug selling by people in NY. It could have been entertaining but it wasn't.
