Illtown (1996)
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50% of critics liked it
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63% of users liked it
(57 ratings)
This convoluted crime drama offers a haunting view of the violent and ruthless world of three Miami drug dealers: Dante, his lover Micki and Cisco. Though only in their mid-'20s, all three are veterans in the field and have made their fortunes selling heroin to upper-middle-class clients at the… More This convoluted crime drama offers a haunting view of the violent and ruthless world of three Miami drug dealers: Dante, his lover Micki and Cisco. Though only in their mid-'20s, all three are veterans in the field and have made their fortunes selling heroin to upper-middle-class clients at the city's hottest nightspots via teenage couriers. The operation is overseen by a friendly but crooked-to-the-core policeman. Together the threesome has fashioned a stable, well-ordered world that borders on respectability, but that world is shattered when Dante learns that former partner Gabriel is getting out of prison and has sworn his vengeance upon the three who he believes framed him. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Nick Gomez
- Written By
- Nick Gomez
- Genres
- Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Jun 1, 1997 Wide
- Studio
- Artisan Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com
Crap.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
In his third, most experimental film, Gomez again shows attraction to outcasts and criminals, but unlike LLaws of Gravity, here his haunting look at a Miami drug dealing circle is staged in a dreamlike hallucinatory manner, influenced by Kitano and others
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Pretentious.
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Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com
Will leave viewers grasping for a meaning.
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Cast
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Michael Rapaport
as Dante
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Lili Taylor
as Micky
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Adam Trese
as Gabriel
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Kevin Corrigan
as Francis (Cisco)
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Paul Schulze
as Lucas
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Angela Featherstone
as Lilly
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Tony Danza
as D'Avalon
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Isaac Hayes
as George
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Saul Stein
as Gunther
- Rae Dawn Chong
- Lou Diamond Phillips
- Lance Henrikson
- Kari Wuhrer
