Ann Magnuson, Donnie Montemarano, Fayard Nicholas

Over the course of a long night at a decrepit L.A. hotel, a cross-section of equally decrepit people live out their desperate, dead-end lives. This is the jaundiced vision of director Adam Rifkin, bes...( read more  read more... )t known for the raucously enjoyable Detroit Rock City and the cult curiosity The Dark Backward. He's corralled some good people for this low-budget offering (Natasha Lyonne and Ann Magnuson as hookers, Vinnie Jones as a cruel pimp), but the lion's share of screen time goes to a pair of small-time crooks (Donnie Montemarano and Vinny Argiro) planning to split for Vegas in the morning. It's diverting for a while, but the bleached-sepia look and unrelenting rancidity take their toll, grinding the picture down. Even a soft-shoe shuffle for Fayard Nicholas (of the awesome Nicholas Brothers), a grace note if there ever was one, can't lift the movie out of its determined sense of gloom. --Robert Horton

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R, 87 min.

Directed by: Adam Rifkin

Release Date: April 26, 2002

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DVD Release Date: April 22, 2003

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  • October 1, 2009
    Probably the best thing film I have ever found in the bargain bin! Its wonderfully directed and brilliantly acted by a great cast. Highly recommended! All for just £1 in Woolworths!! RIP Woolworths.
  • May 4, 2009
    I thought that this was in interesting film. . . There's then meets the eye, here!. . .
  • March 10, 2007
    So intense was this portrayal of urban despair in the trash can lives of these dead-end characters, I could only digest this movie in bite size chunks. No "Pretty Woman" portrayal of street hookers, this film burrows into the underbelly of LA life the way maggots worm into the de...( read more)caying corpses of the women thrown in the way of these two-bit crooks. A morality tale of best laid plans gone wildly astray, the story provides a convincing illustration of how you live and die by the company you keep.
  • January 14, 2007
    realy boring all the way through,shame vinny jones is in it,he's much to good for the film
  • September 16, 2006
    Great performances, andnice atmosphere really set the mood here, but it is somewhat ponderous, making it a little tedious to watch at times. Still good though, despite that.

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