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08/10/07
10th & Wolf (2006)
19 %
Reviews Counted: 26 Fresh: 5 Rotten:21 Average Rating: 4.1/10
Consensus:
A scattered mob movie that employs every mafia cliche and fails to establish an identity of its own.
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Synopsis: James Marsden stars as Tommy, an ex-Marine who gets roped into going undercover in the old neighborhood in this film from CRASH co-writer Robert Moresko. Giovanni Ribisi plays his cousin Joey, the slightly unhinged boss of the local crime family--they've been friends since they were kids.... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Giovanni Ribisi, James Marsden, Brad Renfro, Piper Perabo, Dennis Hopper
Screenwriter: Robert Moresco, Allan Steele
Story: Joseph Pistone
Producer: Leo Rossi, Suzanne Delaurentiis
Composer: Aaron Zigman
Story: Joseph Pistone
Producer: Leo Rossi, Suzanne Delaurentiis
Composer: Aaron Zigman
Reviews
Top Critic
A respectable addition to the packed pantheon of watchable but all too familiar Mafia-themed movies.
03/01/07
Coming from a guy who just won an Oscar for screenwriting? One has the right to expect something a little less rote, redundant, and oppressively familiar as 10th & Wolf.
10/25/06
A rather conventional plot is invigorated by intense lead performances from Marsden, Renfro and Ribisi, whose Joey is continually ready to explode in fierce anger, as well as a very good supporting cast, particularly Dennehy and Lesley Anne Warren.
08/26/06
Top Critic
You get to laugh, see some blood and even get choked up a couple of times. Not too shabby, eh?
08/19/06
The narrative is cluttered with backstory -- and the endless digressions overwhelm the efforts of a generally strong cast that includes cameos by Val Kilmer and by Ligati as one of Reggio's foot soldiers.
08/18/06
There's so little satisfaction to be had from the derivative set pieces and predictable plot twists that, mostly, you just want it to be over.
08/18/06
Bobby Moresco, who cowrote Crash and coproduced Million Dollar Baby, makes an undistinguished directing debut, assembling a band of actors who know but two modes: simmering rage and over-the-top histrionics.
08/18/06
It's an ambitious gambit, undercut by characters that stay at a frustrating arm's length.
08/18/06
A mix of the first half of Donnie Brasco, the last 20 minutes of A History of Violence and a couple of episodes of I Love the'90s.
08/18/06
The movie doesn't miss a cliché, ineptly lifting liberally from The Godfather and GoodFellas, among other classics.
08/18/06
At this late date, filmmakers who draw inspiration from the Mafia had better have a whole new angle to offer. Otherwise, they'll end up with a movie like 10th & Wolf.
08/18/06
10th & Wolf alternates between being bloody good and just plain bloody.
08/18/06
A played-out saga of guns, gangsters and goofball actors pretending to be tough guys.
08/18/06
Those looking for violence and bad Italian stereotypes won't be bothered by the fact that they've seen almost all of this before.
08/17/06
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