Ronnie (Gary Stretch) befriends jittery August (Michael Rapaport) and later mentors him to be a hit man. Three years later, August gets into trouble killing the wrong man who turns out to be a made man. Ronnie tries to save August despite the objections of his wife Dana (Robin Givens). He does work for Madison (Debbie Harry) to buy time for August. On the other hand, he's cheating with Ronnie's girlfriend and his ex Paige. Killing couple slash siblings Donnie (Ralph Macchio) and Marie (Ally Sheedy) are working for mobster Guy (Seymour Cassel). Director Craig Singer is trying way too hard borrowing various styles. He tries to do superfluous funny dialog but it's nowhere as sharp as Tarantino. He uses quick edits, philosophizing, and time flashbacks but it all feels derivative. Sometimes, it gets interesting but the central plot struggles to advance in this meandering flow. Stretch doesn't have enough charisma to lead. Macchio and Sheedy have a great nostalgia factor. Overall, this tries too much and ends up with a bit of a mess.

My friend rented this film and while I really wasn't expecting much I have to admit it was one of the best indie films I have ever seen. I thought the story was interesting but what I really loved was the style and way it was shot. The director really did a fantastic job keeping me engaged and guessing. I see lots of "NY" type stories but this film was totally fresh and really stayed with me - I also liked the August character. They should do another film with him and Ronnie alone but I guess thats not an option at this point. I think it they should make more films like this - I hate all the same stuff over and over again and really liked the twists this film kept delivering. I am going to keep a look out for Mr. Singers next film. Some of the scenes were pretty out there but that's why I guess I liked it so much. The dream scene was so bad ass!

This would have to be the worst gangster movie ever made. It had no direction to follow, the characters were weak and the acting 4th rate. This movie is best used as a coaster to place your drink on. Do not waste your time with this crap you would have a better time sleeping on a nest of bull ants. This movie could have been over in 3 minutes and it would have still had as much interesting things in it. Note to movie maker: If this is the sort of tripe you are going to serve up don't bother. Thios was obviously a low budget film and whatever money was spent on it was very much wasted. This movie should not have been made but as it was August should have been killed off in the first scene to save us from 2 hours of boredom. CRAP CRAP CRAP Even when August got killed it was an anticlimax.

I saw this movie the other night at a friend's house. I had never heard of it, and had only heard of one or two of the stars, but I gave it a chance anyway. It reminded me a lot of Pulp Fiction, but this wasn't as good as Pulp Fiction. It had some memorable parts, but the plot and story were a little hard to follow at times. Flashbacks can be a good technique to use in a movie, but this film used too many. It made some of the film a little confusing and hard to watch. There's a clay and animated part in the movie that is just so out of place--I don't really know what they were trying to do there, but it didn't work for me. The acting was pretty good and I liked the dialog though. There's nothing here that really hasn't been seen before, but I'd probably watch it again. Despite it all, pretty entertaining. Check it out.