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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Nathaniel Ryan |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 2002 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Velocity / Thinkfilm |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Action / Adventure, Feature Film-drama, Movie, Mystery, Mystery / Suspense, Suspense |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 821575515955 |
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Customer Reviews of One Eyed King
In The Land Of The Blind... Despite director Nathaniel Ryan's obvious desire to be a Scorsese imitator and over-the-top mobster cliches from writer Robert Moresco they've assembled a fine ensemble cast (William Baldwin, Armand Assante, Chazz Palminteri, Ricky Aiello, Leo Rossi among others) for this crime saga about five friends coping with life in an Irish mob in New York's Hell's Kitchen. <
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>If you come across it at your local video store it's worth a rental.
Too Predictable!
William Baldwin is the leader of a group of friends in New York's Hell's Kitchen area. They are all on the periphery of the crime world, and the local kingpin is Armand Assante (with a most sinister scar on his cheek). Two of the five become involved in a scheme that has them passing incompetently counterfeited hundred-dollar bills, and Assante demands their lives. Baldwin investigates the death of one of them, and gradually realizes the depth of the betrayal.
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>The plot is rather complicated, and pretty hard to follow in the early goings. There's a narrator to help things out (he even gives us a complete history of Hell's Kitchen over the opening credits), but you'll probably find yourself going back over the same bits a few times to make sure you have everything straight. The result is a bit choppy, as if Once Upon a Time In America has been compacted to 90 minutes, and there is very little sense of who the friends are (or even of their friendship). But the wiseguy atmosphere is plenty fun, and the pace is brisk.
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>The picture is widescreen (1.78:1) most of the time, but at one point mysteriously switches into fullscreen, and then back again. How odd. The blacks aren't as profound as they should be, either. The colours aren't bad, but prone to pixelation and grain, especially since the picture is not anamorphic.
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>Trailers for Nightmare Boulevard, Dark Heaven and Diamond Hunters, and that's it. The menu is basic.
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>If you're in an undemanding mood for a gangster flick, and you've already seen all the greats several times, this will pass the time (at 93 minutes, not the 105 indicated on the case).
"One Eyed King" Review
Actually, it deserves 0 stars.
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>I'm a big fan of Chazz Palminteri and a big fan of mafia stories, but this one didn't cut the cake. I hate to give any movie a 1 star, but it deserves it. The story line was choppy, the acting wasn't on que, and it was hard to believe most of the characters. All in all, don't bother renting this. I couldn't even finish the movie.