In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster (Burt Lancaster) and the estranged wife (Susan Sarandon) of a pot dealer (Some Guy) finds themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs, and danger.
You might think this film would get a second life following the success of "Boardwalk Empire". Certainly, few movies have really focused on gangsters in Atlantic City. And here, we have a guy who claimed to know Bugsy Siegel, Dutch Schultz, and all the old time mobsters. Fiction, yes, but still good ground for a story.
Not the most exciting film, but it is really more about introspection than about mob violence and action. And that deserves some level of praise.
You might think this film would get a second life following the success of "Boardwalk Empire". Certainly, few movies have really focused on gangsters in Atlantic City. And here, we have a guy who claimed to know Bugsy Siegel, Dutch Schultz, and all the old time mobsters. Fiction, yes, but still good ground for a story.
Not the most exciting film, but it is really more about introspection than about mob violence and action. And that deserves some level of praise.