LeonLouisRicci
Barely Watchable and Almost Average Movie that is a Jumble of Laments on Religion, Revenge, Retribution, Loss, and other Such Things. The Cringe Factor is Close at hand and the Intrigue Waivers while the Sporadic Violence is just there.What must have at first seemed a Challenge for Leguizamo seems Unattainable as Each Twin is Underplayed as to Their Respective Good/Damaged Characters. The rest of the Cast is Hit and Miss and the Plot, when it doesn't Veer off Course, is Interesting Enough to Maintain some Mild Musings as to Motive and Hidden Realities.Overall it is not a Complete Failure but doesn't Amount to Much after all is Said and Done. In Fact, the Ending may be the Weakest Part in this Weak Film, although there are some other Vapid Sub-Plots that might also be a Contender.
masakiuma
A New York City detective (Celeste - Florencia Lozano) searches for "the ministers," who murdered her father in front of her years ago, and who are still killing. She unwittingly becomes involved with one of the killers (Dante - John Leguizamo).I came into this movie with low expectations. Nearly every review I saw of it made it look pretty bad, but I will watch pretty much any movie regardless of what the reviewers say. Unfortunately, I ended up having to agree with those reviews.The acting in this movie just felt really awkward most of the time. Every time Harvey Keitel was on screen it seemed like they just shoved him in front of the camera and threw lines at him without ever letting him see a script. The one scene I'm talking about in particular is when he is crying and begging Celeste to not go...man, it was just embarrassing to watch. John Leguizamo was decent most of the time, but at other times it seemed like he was just goofing around.The storyline was cluttered and confusing. It really felt like the movie was trying to be a mash-up of Boondock Saints, Se7en, and other crime movies that involve religion. There were too many things going on at once, and none of the elements ended up working.The ending was HORRIBLE!! I know they were -trying- to be dramatic with it but it just came off seeming un-needed, forced, and cheap. Even if the rest of the movie was passable, the end simply destroys it.Overall it was an -okay- movie until the ending completely demolishes it.Final Score - 3/10
Bob_the_Hobo
Saw Harvey Keitel on the cover, so it couldn't be all bad right? True. Not all that bad.John Leguizamo plays dual roles as a pair of brothers who kill for the church, one of which falls in love with the daughter of one of his victims. Harvey Keitel is one of the daughters late fathers friends, who watches over the daughter, who is now a cop.Acting wasn't bad. Leguizamo is pretty good as the two brothers. The female lead is forgettable, but not awful. Keitel is great as always. The only horrible performance that made my skin crawl was from Wanda de Jesus (as the police captain), that woman can not act.Not a bad straight to DVD mystery/thriller. I'd check it out if everything else is gone at Blockbuster.
Dalius Nagine
I don't understand why Harvey Keitel agree to act in such primitive film. The film about revenge, police and perverse religiosity, which was so many times used in American films. All passions in this film is so many times exploited that you know what will happen in advance. Franc Reyes takes all Hollywood cliché which must guarantee film success, but indeed he make jumble. Even corrupt police officers were included, but why I didn't understand- no connections, no intrigue, totally nothing. At the beginning , even the film start like all such kind of films (the police officer was killed at sight of daughter and wife... the daughter grew up and become the police officer... and so on) but the film was made in stile of '80 and this fact interest me and in perspective I thought the film can unroll, but...
AD
