Mean Streets (1973) 7.4
A small-time hood struggles to succeed on the "mean streets" of Little Italy. Director:Martin Scorsese |
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Mean Streets (1973) 7.4
A small-time hood struggles to succeed on the "mean streets" of Little Italy. Director:Martin Scorsese |
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Robert De Niro | ... | ||
Harvey Keitel | ... | ||
David Proval | ... | ||
Amy Robinson | ... | ||
Richard Romanus | ... | ||
Cesare Danova | ... | ||
Victor Argo | ... |
Mario
(as Vic Argo)
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George Memmoli | ... | ||
Lenny Scaletta | ... | ||
Jeannie Bell | ... | ||
Murray Moston | ... |
Oscar
(as Murray Mosten)
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David Carradine | ... | ||
Robert Carradine | ... |
Boy With Gun
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Lois Walden | ... |
Jewish Girl
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Harry Northup | ... |
Soldier
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The future is set for Tony and Michael - owning a neighbour- hood bar and making deals in the mean streets of New York city's Little Italy. For Charlie, the future is less clearly defined. A small-time hood, he works for his uncle, making collections and reclaiming bad debts. He's probably too nice to succeed. In love with a woman his uncle disapproves of (because of her epilepsy) and a friend of her cousin, Johnny Boy, a near psychotic whose trouble-making threatens them all - he can't reconcile opposing values. A failed attempt to escape (to Brooklyn) moves them all a step closer to a bitter, almost preordained future. Written by Dave Cook <cookd@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca>
Having watched a number of (director) Martin Scorecese's profane/violent crime films - some good, some bad - his first entry here is very different from the rest in one crucial aspect: it's boring!! Love him or hate him, you can't say that about his other films.
This film just doesn't have much life to it. Yes, there is some action but something is missing, perhaps characters that one could care about. After a while, I found I just did not care what happened...period. I canned it with 40 minutes to go. A dozen years later, I gave it another shot, and it was still just as boring and unappealing.
The only interesting facet was to see such young-and-skinny well-known actors like Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro. Otherwise, these "mean streets" are nothing but a dead end, so turn around and head in another direction. Don't waste your gas.