I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Captivating movie !

As Good As It Gets

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

I don't understand why people say this movie is terrible! Being a fan of Stephen Dorff, I saw this movie in the movie store and decided to rent it. It is an amazing movie and I was hooked in the first twenty minutes.The acting is awesome. Norman Reedus (Prior to the Walking Dead) and Stephen Dorff do an amazing job in their roles. The late Brad Renfro is awesome as well. The other actors are as equal as the others. For it taking place in the 50s, it honestly does feel like the old times. The fighting scenes are perfect and I wouldn't give this movie anything less than 8 stars.

Hmmm... a tremendously talented young cast, tried and true subject matter and Martin Scorcese producing. A sure thing, right?Nope. Not even close. Before seeing Deuces Wild, I'd read all the mediocre and bad reviews on here but decided to give it a shot anyway, because I've been pleasantly surprised in the past. But not this time. The film is weak in every possible way, except perhaps for the setting and art direction. The story is nothing but one cliché after another, with zero originality and very little to hold your interest. The director managed the clever feat of getting horrible performances from excellent actors, although the writers deserve some credit for that also, as the script seems to have been written by a middle school class that was locked in a room with a DVD of West Side Story and a crate of doo-wop albums as their only reference material.I honestly couldn't even get halfway through it. I have no idea how Scorcese could have attached his name to this project, even as a producer. Did he even read the script?It's just a really unfortunate movie. If you're an absolute die-hard '50s addict, I suppose you'll find something entertaining in there, but other than that, steer clear. Not worth your time.

It's the summer of '58 and a Brooklyn neighbourhood becomes a battlefield for two street gangs to settle old scores. Leon (Stephen Dorff) and Bobby (Brad Renfro) formed the Deuces after their little brother died from a hot dose of heroin,and vowed never to let the drug hit their streets again.The lethal dose was supplied by the Vipers' leader Marco (Norman Reedus) who after three years' prison time, comes back to the neighbourhood to seek vengeance and get the powerful backing of mob boss Fritzy (Matt Dillon)to sell heroin on the streets.Marco believes it was Leon who snitched to the police and the violence begins with a bloody fight in the park. Fritzy warns the hoodlums that no one gets hurt without his say so, but the hatred between the two gangs is deep and Marco attacking Leon's girlfriend (Drea de Matteo) forces the latter to take the Deuces into a battle they might not walk away from.Kalvert plays safe with a location seen in many stories from a New York neighbourhood, with greased hair youths hanging outside pizzerias and the lido, talking about baseball and other anecdotes of their generation. This type of film always has me humming, "Lollipop, lollipop…" by the Chordettes, but despite some jazzed up MTV editing and library stock music to build up action scenes, you are drawn in to a story that teenage boys should love.Dorff performs without any sign of an inflated ego and is superb as the street tough stuck between church and protecting his block. His fiery temper and flashes of violence are fuelled by the guilt he feels for his deceased brother. He's haunted by flashbacks of finding his corpse and his mother's anguish at seeing him walk through the streets cradling his lifeless body.The tension between the gangs is heightened when Bobby starts dating Annie (Fairuza Balk), the sister of a Viper. This relationship borders on West Side Story (1961) territory, but both actors possess the ability not to deliver their declaration of passion like a soppy love poem. Renfro convinces as the impulsive younger brother wanting to get out of Leon's shadow and wage war against the Vipers. He is the narrator of the story, and therefore should be the lead actor, but the hero role is written for Leon and Renfro continually struggles to outshine the older actor.Although Deuces doesn't have the boast of Robert De Niro directing, it is superior to A Bronx Tale (1993), in that it concentrates on the youths at war, rather than a portrayal of the neighbourhood wiseguys.Dillon became famous as the youth with a tortured soul but shows little interest in offering his experience to the new generation of urban tales; seemingly stuck in auto-pilot as the pill-popping Mafioso whose greed leaves Leon staring death in the face.Cashing in on the popularity of The Sopranos (1999) was a clever move, with Drea de Matteo as the standout performer from the heavily represented cast. While many of the actors in this film were watching their careers slide further away from the top level of American cinema; de Matteo further evidenced her progression from television to a respected film actress.The final act sees the climatic fight between the Deuces and the Vipers,with the advantage continually changing, as double crosses and last minute rescues leaves you guessing who's going to come out on top. Life in a street gang rarely ends happily and the parting of the ways is inevitable for the Deuces.If you are still young enough to remember the thrills of teenage rivalry and like your films to mix good fight scenes with angst and passion, then you should sit back and reminisce about your adolescent fantasy as the cool gang leader who didn't take sh*t from no one.

It was awful plain and simple. What was their message? Where was the movie going with this? It has all the ingredients of a sub-B grade movie. From plotless storyline the bad acting to the cheesey slow-mo cinematography. I'd sooner watch a movie I've already seen like Goodfellas, A Bronx Tale, even Grease. There are NO likeable characters. In the end you just want everyone to die already. Save 2 hours of your life and skip this one.