By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Ariel Vroman
Starring: Chris Evans | David Schwimmer | James Franco | Michael Shannon | Ray Liotta | Stephen Dorff | Winona Ryder
Country: united_states
Year: 2013
Running time: 103
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1491044/
Thom says: “This is a nasty little film that certainly knows how to entertain once you get past the content. I’ve never seen any of Vroman’s previous output but I can say he’s done a very professional job here. Shannon is a perfect choice to play Richard Kuklinski a famous mob contract killer who moonlights as a serious family man in New Jersey. Shannon superbly puts the psychopath clearly in context. And what a cast he has to work with. Ferocious Franco creates a pitiful lowlife gangster fuck-up & Evans is unrecognizable as another scary hit man who works out of an ice-cream truck for kiddies. It’s not quite up to GOODFELLAS level, but it’s still a quality gangster film. It was nice seeing Ryder back in the saddle with a meaty role as Kuklinski’s long-suffering wife. 4 cats
“Director Vroman and star Shannon were at pre & post-film on stage antics.”