Under Hellgate Bridge (1999)

20% of critics liked it
(10 reviews)
33% of users liked it
(305 ratings)

Soap icon Michael Rodrick stars in this gritty urban drama about love, jealousy, and crime set in Queens, New York. After returning to the old neighborhood from a two year stint in jail, Ryan (Rodrick) discovers that his girlfriend has started dating mobster Vincent (Jonathan LaPaglia). Soon a… More Soap icon Michael Rodrick stars in this gritty urban drama about love, jealousy, and crime set in Queens, New York. After returning to the old neighborhood from a two year stint in jail, Ryan (Rodrick) discovers that his girlfriend has started dating mobster Vincent (Jonathan LaPaglia). Soon a vicious rivalry develops with ugly results. Under Hellgate Bridge was screened at the 1999 Montreal Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 27 min.
Directed By: Michael Sergio
Genres: Art House & International, Drama

In Theaters: May 11, 2001 Wide
On DVD: Nov 12, 2002
Studio: CAVU Releasing

Critic Reviews

Jan Stuart, Newsday
Energetic, earnestly performed and short on nuance.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
The performances are correspondingly overblown and the soundtrack inundated with grandiose choral music and mediocre hard rock.
Ed Park, Village Voice
Robotic acting and outtakes from the Stigmata soundtrack complement the perfunctory plot, while the dialogue indulges massive backstorytelling and desperate iteration.
David Nusair, Apollo Guide
From start to finish, it feels like an amalgam of various other crime movies.
Robert Roten, Laramie Movie Scope
A hard-edged gangster revenge movie which suffers from a budget too small to enable it to rise to its rightful place as a major crime genre film.
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It's less than ordinary in every which way.
Steve Simels, TV Guide's Movie Guide
It may not be as epochal a piece of work as Mean Streets, but packs what feels like a real-life punch none the less.
Eric Monder, Film Journal International
For an updated -- but not revisionist -- version of Dead End or Angels With Dirty Faces or even Mean Streets, you could do worse.
Jon Popick, Planet Sick-Boy
Seems to be cut from the same cloth as almost every low-budget mobster film.