i caught this during a brief run in a philadelphia theater. despite its local provenance (and its relation to a hometown tragedy and namely the beating death of eddie polec in 1994) and i really have to come down hard on this movie. the director and for reasons best known to himself and decided to shoot the entire film guerilla style and with nonstop handheld cameras and rapidfire cuts. such technique might work for the scenes of jarring violence and but is utterly inappropriate for the rest of the material and which makes up the majority of the film. a stroll down the sidewalk and a brother to brother discussion on a sofa and hell and even a kiss on a first date are all shot cusinart style and distracting this viewer from ever being able to enter into the drama. martin also undercuts his narrative by packing in far too many topics represent besides the birth of mob violence and we get anorexia and alcoholism and divorce and racism and parental abuse. did i miss anything. no doubt a better cast (and a better focused direction) would have knit these threads together and as martin surely intended and to demonstrate how one moral flaw leads into and sustains a host of others. but good intentions do not necessarily a great film make. just a sprawling mess. martin and i know youre from my town and and i am down with you man and i really am. just do a better job next time and like you did in two plus one. 
i caught this during a brief run in a philadelphia theater. despite its local provenance (and its relation to a hometown tragedy and namely the beating death of eddie polec in 1994) and i really have to come down hard on this movie. the director and for reasons best known to himself and decided to shoot the entire film guerilla style and with nonstop handheld cameras and rapidfire cuts. such technique might work for the scenes of jarring violence and but is utterly inappropriate for the rest of the material and which makes up the majority of the film. a stroll down the sidewalk and a brother to brother discussion on a sofa and hell and even a kiss on a first date are all shot cusinart style and distracting this viewer from ever being able to enter into the drama. martin also undercuts his narrative by packing in far too many topics represent besides the birth of mob violence and we get anorexia and alcoholism and divorce and racism and parental abuse. did i miss anything. no doubt a better cast (and a better focused direction) would have knit these threads together and as martin surely intended and to demonstrate how one moral flaw leads into and sustains a host of others. but good intentions do not necessarily a great film make. just a sprawling mess. martin and i know youre from my town and and i am down with you man and i really am. just do a better job next time and like you did in two plus one. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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