Anjelica Houston, Anjelica Huston, Anthony LaPaglia
All is not well at the local cop station as some of the colleagues of good at heart, superstitious cop Harry are on the take. He is forced to rip off local pimp and overall bad guy (Louie) to pay off ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 5, 2001
Stats: 59 reviews
Surprisingly well made noir flick. Don't let the poster fool you, the heist thing is not the main focus of the plot. The casting makes this work, Liotta can be fun to watch in the right roles. Anjelica Huston's casting do make for an odd choice.
every now and then a low budget film comes along that's made what it is by a certain actor being in it. this is one of those. ray liotta owns this film. he plays a gambler that can't stop himself but there's a good man fighting to get out. he has his own moral code which includes...( read more)
An interesting tale of gambling, money and betrayal. A great part played by Ray Liotta, but did anyone else feel that he and Angelica Houston were oddly matched?
This film shows a very young Brittany Murphy.
VERDICT: A watchable film with some interesting parts, not great...( read more)
Phoenix... a little belter...Ray as harry a hopeless gambler, who just happens to be a cop.....1 of his best `TWISTED` cop roles....up to his neck in debt to a loan shark...desperation, tension & twists all the way through keep you glued to the screen....& the delicious RAY....so...( read more)
An excellent film which somehow seems to have escaped public acclaim. The basic storyline is quite conventional - it's based on the well-known fact that any serving police officer in the United States is necessarily corrupt, venal, violent, sexually promiscuous (not to mention ab...( read more)
wow...
what a surprise film.
amazing cast
strong story even if its not original
One of Ray's best twisted Cop movies. I can never get enough of his acting.
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