ThiefHott
Too much of everything
NekoHomey
Purely Joyful Movie!
Smartorhypo
Highly Overrated But Still Good
Lucien Lessard
When gages ruled the streets of New York City in the Brooklyn area in the late 1950's. When a tough but an good hearted young man by the name of Leon (Stephen Dorff) tries to control his younger out of control teenage brother by the name of Bobby (Brad Renfro). Since Leon is the leader of the gang called the Deuces. Deuces are the opposite of a dangerous gang, known as the Vipers. Leon tries to keep drugs off the streets that killed his brother, When the leader of the Vipers (Norman Reedus) is out of prison for being there for three years.Since he wants revenge, because someone did rat him out to the cops. Bobby falls in love with an attractive care-free older woman (Fairuza Balk)-which he dangerous no good drug addicted brother (Balthazar Getty) is part of the Vipers. When the leader of the Vipers, who wants to sell Drugs and Thigns are about to change. When the Deuces and the Vipers are starting a war against each other for fighting the peace of the streets. Keep drugs off the block, even if it's comes to Violence.This underrated film is stylish, tough, passionate and good looking brutality strong gang drama. Which it does capture the life vividly in this little seen flick. Directed by Scott Kalvert (The Basketball Diaries) did an fine job, which does have a terrific cast (Including:Max Perlich, Drea de Matteo, Vincent Pastore, Frankie Muniz, Matt Dillon, Deborah Harry, James Franco and more) with an expectational cinematography by John A. Alonzo (Star Trek:Generations, The Guardian, Scarface). Which it is sadly Alonzo's last film as Director of Photography. The movie is quite flawed at the some of the key moments (Especially uneven in one surprise moment in the film, which is never resolve in the flick) but it's strong enough to keep this film, fast moving and it's also hard to disliked.DVD has an terrific anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) transfer (Also in Pan & Scan) with an fine-Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD extras are good-including:an ingraining commentary track by the director and editor:Micheal R. Miller (Both admitting that the movie is flawed, trying their best to make it entertaining as possible), Photo Gallery and Theatrical Trailer. Do not miss this interesting small one of a kind movie. Filmmaker:Martin Scorsese is uncredited as a Executive Producer. This film was a Box Office Bomb in theaters. The film might have life on DVD. Filmed in 2000. Panavision. (*** ½/*****).
speedny7
"Deuces Wild" is one of the worst movies that I have seen in quite a while. It is basically a story of cliches taken from other (better) movies and thrown together to make this lame excuse for a movie. It is even more painful because it stars a bunch of second-rate actors trying to make this thing work. Not a single actor is even able to pull of a halfway decent Brooklyn accent, so how can they be expected to carry this awful script into a watchable movie? Exactly, they can't.Do yourself a favor and avoid this movie at all costs. Watching it is a painful experience.
Coventry
Don't you hate it when you're standing in the videostore and you already saw all movies that there ? Those are the moments that you rent movies like Deuces Wild...these kind of titles are never high on your list but you take them anyway because the synopsis doesn't sound too bad and you know the washed up actors in it from their earlier - more glorious - roles.
The stories of these movies are never highly original. We've all seen it before. The only thing movies like this can do is provide the story with a few interesting twists, cool characters and some good looking settings and locations. And, I'm not being too harsh today, Deuces Wild succeeds in doing so. The story takes place in the 1950's. After he lost his brother to an overdose of Heroïne, Leon ( Stephen Dorff ) founds the "Deuces". A steetgang that tries to keep the Brooklyn neighborhood clean. Opposite to this, is the Viper streetgang. Their leader is about to get released from jail and he ( Norman Reedus from Boondock Saints ) wants to take revenge because he thinks Leon framed him. It looks like a war between both gangs can't be avoided even though the true king of the Brooklyn streets, Fritzy ( a small but great role by Matt Dillon ) , strongly warned them not to fight.Deuces Wild contains a lot of decent actors who never really reached the highest status. You've got the ones I already mentioned, but also known names like Fairuza Balk, Brad Renfro and Deborah Harry. The cast also includes a few upcoming names like James Franco and the annoying ( in my opinion, of course ) Frankie Muniz. They also deliver pretty decent acting jobs but the show gets stolen by the nice and good 50's settings. We're talking old-timers, juke-boxes and lots of hairgel. You're never touched by the story or the characters and that's the biggest disadvantage of this movie. You don't really care who wins or who loses. You never feel involved in the story, but you don't mind watching it. If you ever come across it on TV or at your local videostore...give it a go. It stands for an hour and a half of fun.
dgnr8_kid
WARINING: SEMI SPOILERS!This film depicts the violent confrontation between two rival gangs in the late 1950's. One gang, The Deuces, is a group of tough but good hearted guys, lead by Leon, a goodhearted hero who is (Stephen Dorff, in a phenemonal performance) the toughest of the tough but a good guy and his younger, more impressionable brother Bobby (Brad Renfro, former Teen idol of "Tom and Huck" fame). Their rivals are "The Vipers", a gang of vicious, bloodthirsty bad guys. Their leader, Marco(Norman Reedus), a sadistic, villianous killer, has just gotten out of prison thanks to Leon putting him there, so he swears vengeance on Leon. Marco's mission is to put drugs into the neighborhood that the Deuces run, which Leon is dead set against for personal reasons. This all leads to a violent showdown at the very end in which Marco and Leon go toe to toe. Meanwhile, Bobby has fallen in love with a Viper's younger sister. However, unlike his West Side Story counterpart Tony, he has not forgotten where he comes from or where his loyalties lie. This movie is very rough and vicious and it is quite clear that this is not a movie for the ladies. The performances are top notch, however Stephen Dorff pulls off the best performance. Having seen him play the evil Deacon Frost in "Blade", I was eager to see if he could pull of a role as far from Deacon Frost as possible. And he clearly can. He pulls of his part wonderfully, portraying a good guy who stands up for the innocent. He, and the rest of the cast, pull off good performaces. However, the film itself is a little rough at times, so don't bring the ladies along fellas. A pure guy film all the way.3 out of 4 stars. One star goes for Dorff's acting.
