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This Thing of Ours (2003)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:6
Rotten:9
Average Rating:5/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 13 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: This mob picture comes with a high pedigree: Director, co-writer and star Danny Provenzano (VAMPIRE VIXENS FROM VENUS) is a bit of a mobster in real life; he's pleaded guilty to racketeering, and... This mob picture comes with a high pedigree: Director, co-writer and star Danny Provenzano (VAMPIRE VIXENS FROM VENUS) is a bit of a mobster in real life; he's pleaded guilty to racketeering, and his great uncle is the prime suspect in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa. In his directorial debut, Provenzano brings gritty authority to his tale of mobsters using computers for the ultimate heist. Looking to "earn his nut" with the organization, Nick (Provenzano) and two buddies orchestrate a complex way of skimming money off of the top of global online bank transfers via the Internet. Unfortunately, they need to raise $50,000 to get it off the ground, and so they turn to the old-school mafia guys for the cash, in the process dragging them "kicking and screaming into the 21st century." Naturally, once the billions start piling up, betrayal, greed, and a lot of blood and gunfire follow. The film benefits from a nicely mixed cast of fresh-picked, off-the-mean-streets newcomers and familiar mob movie faces like James Caan (GODFATHER), Vincent Pastore (SOPRANOS), Frank Vincent (GOODFELLAS), and comedian Pat Cooper (ANALYZE THIS). The tough-talk dialogue is diverting, with nice use of Tarantino-esque pop culture references. Provenzano infuses the film with a perfectly seedy ambience. [More]
Starring: Vincent Pastore, Frank Vincent, Edward Lynch, Danny Provenzano
Starring: Vincent Pastore, Frank Vincent, Edward Lynch, Danny Provenzano, James Caan, Pat Cooper
Director: Danny Provenzano
Director: Danny Provenzano
Screenwriter: Danny Provenzano, Ted A. Bohus
Producer: Ted A. Bohus, Michael DelGaizo
Composer: Jack Douglas, Lawrence Manchester
Studio: Small Planet
Reviews for This Thing of Ours
The whole operation loses its tension, allowing the story to drift into amusing but familiar territory.
As a modern mob fable there is plenty to impress, as Provenzano’s documented legal troubles bring validation to the story and the appearances of Pastore and Vincent bring credibility to the screen.
It looks fine, it plays fine, it sounds fine, but it has no consequence.
The action is furious and gory, though not always fast, and the slow between-shootouts pacing doesn't generate much interest or character development.
None of this is overly interesting, thanks to murky plotting and the fact that there's nothing involving about these bad guys.
The movie has no personal touch; it merely assembles a who's who of mob-movie heavyweights (James Caan and Frank Vincent among them) and hopes for the best.
For all of his personal familiarity with the material, Mr. Provenzano has turned out a movie that largely owes its tone and style to other movies.
Little tension is generated in the resulting internecine squabbles, but there's ample opportunity for the familiar supporting cast ... to wax warm and witty.
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