10th & Wolf (2006)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.4/10   

Director:

Robert Moresco

Escritores (WGA):

Robert Moresco (written by) and
Allan Steele (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

12 abril 2007 (Lebanon)

Género:

Crimen | Drama | Misterio | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

The intersection where family, honor and betrayal collide.

Plot:

A former street tough returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.

Plot Keywords:

Desert Storm | Mob | 1990s | Grenade | Aunt Nephew Relationship

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Dull and unoriginal film salvaged only by Ribisi's performance

Reparto

James Marsden	...	Tommy
Brian Dennehy	...	Agent Horvath
Leo Rossi	...	Agent Thornton
Dennis Hopper	...	Matty Matello
Tony Luke Jr.	...	Rocco
John Capodice	...	Sipio
Billy Gallo	...	Provenzano
Ken Garito	...	Willy
Dash Mihok	...	Junior
Brad Renfro	...	Vincent
Giovanni Ribisi	...	Joey
Rose Rossi	...	Blonde at Diner
James Grimaldi	...	Ricky Jerk-Off
Patrick Jordan	...	Ricky's Crew
Igor De Laurentiis	...	Ricky's crew

También conocida como:

For Life (USA) (working title)
Crímenes paralelos (Argentina) (video title) [es]
Entre la décima con Wolf (Spain) (DVD title) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong brutal violence, pervasive language, some drug content and sexuality/nudity.

Duración:

107 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Italiano

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

USA:R | Argentina:16 | Singapore:M18 (cut) | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:MA

Locaciones de Filmación:

California, USA

Compañía:

Suzanne DeLaurentiis Productions

Trivialidades:

While the film is set in Philadelphia, it was filmed in Pittsburgh.

Errores:

Continuidad: Joey fires the remainder of his shots in the bedroom at Reggio's wife, the slide retracts on the gun which is an indication that the gun is empty, the gun falls to the ground but moments later Joey retrieves the gun and the slide is now released

Citas:

Tommy: When I saw my father shot dead outside ours house, I remember thinking he probably deserved it.

Conexiones de Película:

References Coyote Ugly (2000)

Dull and unoriginal film salvaged only by Ribisi's performance

This is one of those films that gives the impression it is written by someone who is more a fan of the genre than a practitioner. It contains all the usual elements found in these 'tough' and 'gritty' crime dramas – the questionable loyalty between hoods who have grown up together on the mean streets of the city's slums, the psychotic gangster, the tough but vulnerable single mum, the doting mother, the sleazy clubs, the random acts of violence, the pop music soundtrack – but never once comes close to showing any signs of originality.

James Marsden – as anonymous a leading man as you are ever likely to find – plays the son of a mobster drummed out of the marines for stealing a jeep and going after Saddam on his own when the US call off the Gulf War on the dictator's doorstep back in '91. He is offered a deal by shady cop Brian Dennehy (looking surprisingly trim but worryingly frail) to help put away a mobster from his old neighbourhood in return for his freedom from military prison. Returning to his old haunts, he falls in with his slightly feeble-minded brother and his cousin – ably played by Giovanni Ribisi – who is about to embark on a gang war with the mobster in question, which leads to the usual conflict of loyalties.

After watching this I wondered not only why I bothered watching it through to its inevitable conclusion, but also why anybody bothered putting up the money for it. The script is pedestrian at best, and the storyline never wavers from a path that is as predictable as it is dull. Only the quality of the acting, and especially a blistering performance from Ribisi, make this worth watching at all. Well – that and the unintentionally hilarious death scene of one-legged gangster, Julian.