Release Year: 2006 Rating: R Duration: 122 minutes Director: Wayne Kramer Producer: Andrew Pfeffer, Andreas Grosch, Michael Pierce Distributor: New Line Cinema
Chazz Palminteri as Detective Rydell Johnny Messner as Tommy "Tombs" Perello Paul Walker as Joey Gazelle Vera Farmiga as Teresa Gazelle
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Pimp Lester: [pointing gun at Oleg] say hello to my little friend!
Joey Gazelle: That's real fucking original. what are you, a fucking cartoon?
Pimp Lester: I'm a mack-daddy pimp!
Every director, somewhere deep down inside, wants to do the mob film. A good many actually do. The criterion involves many uses of profanity, mountains of bullets expelled, and for characters to be named Joey, Tony, Frankie, and Tommy. Wayne Kramer's version does fine with its narrative, spelling out a mildly intriguing narrative while tossing in some overt sub-plots for good measure. But his film's real ace lies in Running Scared's style.