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Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn

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Newly released from prison, a man (William DeMeo) scoffs at the chance to earn an honest living in his father's construction business; instead he returns to a life of crime.
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Farran Smith Nehme New York Post "GoodFellas" is just one of the movies that did this all much better before. Rated: 1.5/4 May 3, 2013 Full Review Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times Packing the screen with wiseguy-story regulars - like Vincent Pastore and a limp Tony Darrow, perhaps distracted by his recent legal difficulties - is fruitless when your movie is as pathetically inept as this one. Rated: 2/5 May 2, 2013 Full Review Joe Neumaier New York Daily News Cathy Moriarty and other Scorsese alums pop up, but these mean streets feel too derivative to thrill. Rated: 2/5 May 2, 2013 Full Review Avi Offer NYC Movie Guru Solid performances can't save the film from its banal, convoluted screenplay that leaves no room for interpretation or subtlety. Rated: 5.45/10 May 5, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

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stars81121 If I could have given it no stars I would have. Horrible acting, actors and writing. A stereotypical wanna be mob movie. I couldn't believe the poor quality of everything I saw. It was a cinema train wreck. And the main character (William Demeo) should be making pizza in a no name pizzeria. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Rats. I got no use for them. Bobby is released from prison for doing some time he earned and held his word to his crime family; so once out, he returns to his crime family roots. A lot has changed since he went in, and the new recruits aren't as conservative and the new bosses aren't as tough. Bobby struggles to adjust to his new lifestyle and tries to stay true to his brothers from before he went in...but he may discover they have changed as well... "Please don't spank me..." Paul Borghese, director of Four Deadly Reasons, Searching for Bobby D, From Geek to Guido, Sex on the Saddle, and the upcoming Dinner with the Foodfellas, delivers Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn. The storyline for this picture is very interesting and contains some entertaining characters. The script and acting are average and the cast includes William DeMeo, Armand Asssante, Cathy Moriarty, Ice-T, and Wass Stevens. "What are you, a walking tornado?" I recently came across this on Netflix and randomly added it to my queue. This was better than I anticipated. Some of the scenes could have been better, and some of the characters could have been more dynamic, but I enjoyed the main character and thought William DeMeo did a solid job. Overall, this is worth seeing once but I wouldn't add it to my DVD collection. "It was a distraction...a good one though..." Grade: C+ Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Random collection of scenes of people being threatened or shot. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member this movie tried so.hard to be gangster it used every mob movie cliche possible. but it was still good, and a nice little twist at the end. even though I called that one. Ice T gangster as usual Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member good little mobster flick, enough storylines and threads running through it to keep you interested in it Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member A gangster Mafia movie about a members journey from the outside to jail and outside to his eventual demise. Personally i found this movie too long for a mafia movie it was not like the God Father movies it more like a B grade version. Would i recommend this no i wouldn't. Not for the kiddies. No point to it all the moral of the story is about family and you can get that moral watching something else rather than this. The most notable actor are Ice T and Ja Rule for the young generation but their roles are small and really no point to them even being in the movie. Give this one a miss I am just giving it half a star so that it can report on my wall otherwise this is a not interested movie. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Newly released from prison, a man (William DeMeo) scoffs at the chance to earn an honest living in his father's construction business; instead he returns to a life of crime.
Director
Paul Borghese
Producer
Paul Borghese, William DeMeo, Robyn K. Bennett
Screenwriter
William DeMeo, Paul Borghese
Production Co
Tappan Films, Padrino Productions, The Sixth Family
Rating
R (Violence|Nudity|Some Sexuality|Pervasive Language)
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 21, 2013
Runtime
1h 56m
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