Simply Perfect

Fantastic!

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Devastated by the abandonment of his wife and loss of his son and partner, Detective Sean Riley (Johnny Strong) is paired up with family man Det. Will Ganz (Kevin Phillips) to investigate a string of murders in New Orleans. The killers have taken the life of gangster Weddo's (Method Man) brother, igniting a gang war that threatens to tear apart the shaky stability after Hurrica Katrina. Things turn personal when Riley's childhood friend Colin (Sean Patrick Flanery) may be involved.Sinners and Saints works as a pass-the-popcorn Sunday afternoon action flick. The low budget doesn't detract from the effects, most work well and the shootouts pass without a hitch as the Big Easy effectively turns into a war zone. The film isn't particularly smutty, a refreshing departure from most straight to DVD action movies. And the story is a consistently interesting mix of classic mystery clichés.Neither Strong nor Phillips has the acting chops to serve as the leads, but they turn in adequate performances. Flanery, half the Boondock Saints, is very good as Strong's secretive friend. DTV action movie staples Kim Coates and Tom Berenger play members of the NOPD. Both have small roles that sum up about ten minutes, but it's good to see them offer their names to the production. Jurgen Prochnow and Method Man play the big villains.This is a good action movie for a lazy afternoon. I'd recommend it.

It has been a long time since I've seen a movie that has a gritty rough exterior with characters subtle enough to have something more in them going on behind the scenes. Mix that with very street realistic dialog and brutal amazing action leaves me wanting to watch it again as soon as it stopped. WOW. The Bad guy was flat hated believable as where his henchmen. BY the end you are so invested into the good guys, if anything bad happens to them would leave me pi@#%ed off !!What seemed like a B movie from the outset quickly got into the pace of an originally flavored crime action flick with nice twists. A great cop movie/veteran movie/shoot em up and the politically incorrect ending was an unexpected bonus. VERY entertaining, I LOVED IT !!

Won't rehash any of the plot details here, it's enough to say this film is a Lethal Weapon for the new millennium. While the story is not original, the filmmakers brought freshness to the subject matter by: A) Hiring a terrific lead, Johnny Strong (hows that for a name!) is not the typical pretty boy actor Hollywood tries to pass off as an action hero, the guy looks and acts seriously tough. And kudos to him for taking the role seriously, as evidenced by his exceptional ability to handle weapons and the stunts convincingly. B) First rate job on the rest of the casting as well, and that means every role, not a sour note in the bunch. C) Solid, solid, and stylish direction. D) Good script, without the bland and often cliché dialog found in so many action films today. E) Very nice work from the technical advisers and trainers, this is a rare example of these professionals and an actor (in this case Strong) coming together and producing a truly convincing performance, as opposed to just an adequate one. Their attention to detail pays off here.Of course there's plenty of other reasons, but these stand out. Highly recommended.

"This is N'Awlins white boy, you ain't seen nothing' yet." After a call goes horribly bad Detective Sean Riley (Strong) is given a new partner. Trying to cope with a failed marriage, the death of his son, and a series of brutal murders that is affecting the entire city he is a very unstable officer. When clues lead to something bigger then either expected it is up to the two new partners to work together and stop the ring before it's too late. Lately the "cop revenge" movies have been very slow and not exciting to watch (Blood Out/Set Up). This one, while slow in parts, is very good. I tried as hard as I could not to compare the two, but this one reminded me of a harsher "Lethal Weapon". There really is nothing new in this movie. A loose cannon of a detective is teamed with a family man who is by the book, the two somehow can work together and yada...yada...yada. Even though this is a movie that has been done to death it is still very enjoyable and very much worth watching. I really enjoyed it. Overall, one of the few repetitive type movies that is exciting and worth a watch. I give it a B+.