Z/Web

Better than I expected. I’m not big on mob flicks, but this had a different premise as it’s about young guys looking to make their mark and move up in the mobster world. They’re led by the son of the head dude, who doesn’t think his son has what it takes to be in the business. Given his chance with a simple task of retrieving some money, everything goes wrong. The money is accidently lost in a small town, and the guy brings in his friends to track it down. The small town’s corrupt sheriff ends up with the money and won’t give it back, leading to a climatic gunfight. What I liked about the film was the money trail: that was humorous and reminding me of Elroy Leonard capers like Get Shorty or Quentin Tarantino films. Unfortunately, the money trail was too brief a part of the plot. Once the sheriff gets the money it’s down to a mere gunfight. I also thought it was rather absurd that the amount of money we’re talking about was a mere $500,000. Supposedly that was going to float the mobster’s business and if he didn’t get it, he’d be dead. Come on, a half mil? Wouldn’t it be like $5 million or something significant? You’re gonna bring an army of mobsters to a small town in the middle of nowhere over a half million? I don’t know. Not a bad film, but not a great one either. Extremely average, though it has a few nice moments. Generally a waste of a good cast.