Slow-motion shots of swaggering tough guys punctuate this painfully hackneyed gang drama set in late-50s Brooklyn.
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03/07/07
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Deuces Wild (2002)
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Reviews Counted: 64
Fresh: 2
Rotten:62
Average Rating: 2.9/10
Consensus: A forgettable effort that leaves no cliches unturned.
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Scott Kalvert's (THE BASKETBALL DIARIES) tale of escalating gang violence in a Brooklyn Italian-American neighborhood during the summer of 1958 is WEST SIDE STORY without the singing and dancing. Leon (Stephen Dorff) leads the Deuces,... [More]
Starring: Matt Dillon, Stephen Dorff, Brad Renfro, Fairuza Balk
Director: Scott Kalvert
Reviews for Deuces Wild
The script from first-timers Paul Kimatian and Christopher Gambale requires Dillon to say corny things like: 'Bricks don't fall outta the sky in this neighborhood unless I'm throwin' 'em.' Tony Soprano, he ain't.
03/07/07
If it was the intention of Kalvert, Gambale and Kimatian to infiltrate their script with every stereotypical hoodlum cliché from every movie covering Brooklyn bad boys, they were on the money. Too bad their movie isn't.
02/01/04
Tentando desesperadamente se transformar em uma espécie de O Selvagem da Motocicleta do novo milênio (com toques de Amor, Sublime Amor), o filme é esquemático demais, tornando-se artificial e nada envolvente.
07/14/03
With a couple of plot twists and a few powerful performances, Deuces Wild is worth checking out -- but only on home video.
12/08/02
I accuse films of being generic and unoriginal on a regular basis, but rarely have I seen a movie so determined to check off every cliché on the list as Deuces Wild.
09/18/02
Astonishing isn't the word -- neither is incompetent, incoherent or just plain crap. Indeed, none of these words really gets at the very special type of badness that is Deuces Wild.
08/05/02
It does nothing new with the old story, except to show fisticuffs in this sort of stop-go slow motion that makes the gang rumbles look like they're being streamed over a 28K modem.
06/10/02
If they broke out into elaborate choreography, singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention, but as it stands I kept looking for the last exit from Brooklyn.
06/04/02
It hasn't got a clue where it's going, or which movie it wants to copy most.
05/29/02
A stale drama about two rival white gangs who live across the street from each other.
05/18/02
A summary of the plot doesn't quite do justice to the awfulness of the movie, for that comes through all too painfully in the execution.
05/17/02
You'll have a ball with Deuces Wild. Not because it's a well-made and intelligent movie, but because it plays like the world's most straight-faced spoof.
05/11/02
No cliche escapes the perfervid treatment of gang warfare called Deuces Wild.
05/11/02
Although it's tough to identify the movie's worst part, I'd go with the fight choreography ... pure amateur hour.
05/08/02
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