Too much of everything

To me, this movie is perfection.

Did you people see the same film I saw?

A Masterpiece!

Two aspiring boxers, lifelong friends, get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group.Whether you like this film or not really depends on how much you like Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau being friends and being rude to each other. For me, it sells the picture. Others may not be so impressed. My biggest concern, actually, is the sheer amount f F-bombs. I could have used a reduction on that, but oh well.As far as mob stories go, I'm not sure if this even really counts. These guys are on the edge of some sort of mob deal... but they never quite know what it is, and therefore neither do we, the audience. Somehow this lack of story makes for a great story, just the same.

If it weren't for Peter Falk playing a middle management Mafia guy this film wouldn't rate as high as it did. After a while stars Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn are more annoying than entertaining.Favreau and Vaughn are a couple of Mafia wannabes they want to become Made guys. Of course the last guy who dreamed of that, dreamed no more and that would be Joe Pesci in Goodfellas, a much better film.Favreau plays a run of the mill boxer with a run of the mill record of 5-5 and one draw. He does some construction work on the side, but his real occupation is bailing out Vaughn from situations he creates with his own big mouth.Vaughn is a small time hustler who enjoys nothing more than getting over on people even when he doesn't have to. He avoids actual work like the plague and has fixed ideas from the movies about how gangsters should operate.Falk sends them on an errand to New York City and of course they think they're on the way up. After that the mission is screwed up in every way possible though Vaughn shows some chops in a bad situation. What is learned is that they're on the mission because they're two of the most expendable guys Falk knows.The audience gets some idea of Favreau's almost unlimited patience after putting up with Vaughn for more than 90 minutes. You'd better have a reservoir of patience to sit through this one.

Bobby Ricigliano (Jon Favreau)'s only ambition is to be a professional boxer despite his mediocre record. His lifelong friend Ricky Slade (Vince Vaughn) is a fast talking incompetent. Bobby guards his stripper girlfriend Jessica (Famke Janssen) during her gigs. They also do honest construction work for mob boss Max (Peter Falk). After Bobby hits a client for touching Jessica, Max reassigns him to a job in NYC. Bobby wants Jessica to quit but she can't depend on him to support her and her daughter. Bobby convinces Max for Ricky to join him. Max's partner in NY is Ruiz (P. Diddy).Vince Vaughn's obnoxious character is funny for awhile but eventually he starts to annoy me. The airline stewardess is probably the high point. It's a long ride down with diminishing returns. It's the same move every time. He keeps talking even though the other person is trying to stop. I'm not really annoyed by the antics as much as worn down by the repetition.

It's strange, but when I had finished watching the full 90 minutes of this unusual but decent Movie that it felt like I was watching a gritty drama rather than an off-beat, dark comedy. Vince Vaughn was decent, but never seemed to keep his mouth shut. Constantly harassing people and winding them up with 600 questions per minute. (It felt that much) His acting wasn't bad, but got on my nerves at times. Jon Favreau wasn't bad himself. The film actually opens up like an old Rocky film in a boxing ring with the huge US flag shown dominating the room. It definitely felt more realistic than any Rocky film and the cuts & black eyes looked real. Great job with the face make-up. At times it was almost documentary like as me myself loving realistic movies as I do, it made the film look promising. But the acting wasn't spectacular and I did find that Ricky Slade irritated me with the countless interrogations. Bobby & Ricky are sent on a job by bobby's father, Max, whom doesn't like or trust Bobby's lifelong friend Ricky because of an incident involving a carpet cleaning van. They fly across the states to stay at a luxury hotel. During the plane journey, Ricky constantly harasses a waitress who threatens to get him in deep trouble. They arrive at the hotel and it isn't long till they fight and smash a lamp because Ricky refuses to give Bobby the phone. The film certainly becomes darker and grittier from them on. I did think it was worth the watch, and with it not being a long Movie, I give it a 6.5 out of 10.