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Summary: Why, Seth, why!!!!
Review: Okay. By my title you can tell I am a Seth Green fan. I love the guy. Thought Oz was the best character ever. Then on a bad stormy day (in my mind) I learned that Seth was leaving Buffy to do a movie Knockaround guys. It was hard at first, but I got over it as long as I got to watch the movie. Well two years later the movie is released. You think. However, it was decided to held back until Vin Disl became famous. So I don't watch it at the theater because the one in my town is too small. So I stupidly decide to buy just cause Seth is in it. Big Mistake!! One I was bored, two there was maybe one scene I liked, and three Seth died in it. So if you are a Seth fan and you want to see it because of him, rent it first and if you like it then go ahead and buy it. You have been warned.
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Summary: HE SAID NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN TO ME
Review: Knockaround Guys is a awesome gangster flick!Of course Seth Green is the best in the movie-his plane was pretty cool too! Seth Green is the reason I own this dvd-cause I love Seth Green! Seth should of lived in this movie-Barry Pepper should of died instead! This review is dedicated to Johnny Marbles-who had his life taken away in a cruel and mean act! Seth Green is the bomb baby! He is the popcorn I'd like to butter!
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Summary: An all star cast with a horrible script, plain and simple!
Review: An all star cast with a horrible script, plain and simple! When I went in to Knockaround Guys I was pumped thinking it might be a gangster comedy sort of like Analyze This with De Niro aand Crystal. I mean with Seth Green (Austin Powers), Dennis Hopper ( Cool Hand Luke), and hey even Vin Diesel (Boiler Room, xXx) can be funny at times. But sure enough from start to finish they try to make this movie into more of a hard core gangster flick that just doesn't work for me. I mean sure John Malkovich did a great job as always and Diesel did a great job kicking the ... out of hill billies at a bar but everyone else was just simply miscast. Barry Pepper, Seth Green, and Tom Noonan all had there worst performances in there whole entire careers and didn't even seem to think twice about it when I saw them drifting from t.v. show to t.v. show promoting this film and saying it was awesome. Although I suppose the script didn't help there performances that much either which was written by the debut director's Brian Koppelman and David Levien.
However out of the kindest of my heart after all my negative comments I will give it a 3 star rating only because of the very good ending which I can not give away and the exceptional performences by Mr. Diesel and Mr. Malkovich.
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Summary: Nice
Review: The Knockaround Guys is the story of a young man's quest for approval from his father and the discovery of lifelong betrayal by his uncle. The son of a mobster, who cannot find legitimate work because of familial ties, decides to become involved in organized crime by helping his father with an important delivery. The mission fails when the key player makes a serious error in judgment and loses the package he was to deliver in a small town in the middle of nowhere. During the process of retrieving the package, people die and truths come to the surface. I bought this dvd primarily to see Vin Diesel. His portrayal of a Italian/Jewish thug was very convincing. This movie was well cast. It's not a fast paced action movie but, still entertaining. I always enjoy the directors' comments. They add depth and understanding to the picture.
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Summary: good but Zzzzzzzzzzz.....where is xXx?
Review: Plain and simple: this was a far cry from xXx !! it has no where near the action, I was hoping Vin Diesel would keep up his action streak from the last 2 movies, but it doesn't. It is definitely worth watching, and worth a rental, it just the point I couldn't see liking this if I went to the theater to see it. It was more like a made for showtime / HBO movie - good but not great. For the record my wife really liked it though, she loves mob movies, but me, I dunno, want more xXx! this is kind of slow
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Summary: Vin Diesel -- Definately for MY viewing pleasure...
Review: Ok, let's face it. I got it to look at Diesel in the tight t-shirt, which in my humble opinion, is a darn good reason. On the other hand, there may be those who want more in a movie: a plot, good actors, action, etc. You're in luck. This movie has that, too. You got Dennis Hopper and John Malkovich and you don't get much better acting then that. In fact, there wasn't a bad actor in the bunch, the action was decent, a little twist at the end. Something happens to the copy I have, I'll buy it again.
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Summary: Knock, Knock...
Review: KNOCKAROUND GUYS is better than you'd expect as the story of four wannabe young Mafiosi. Barry Pepper plays "Matty," the drifting son of a major mobster "Benny The Chain" (underplayed nicely by Dennis Hopper) who is looking for an entree into the life for lack of anything else to anchor himself. The Chain is convinced that his son is incompetent, and by and large, his predictions are borne out by the film's storyline. Matty's uncle (played by John Malkovich) is the younger man's champion, and ultimate ace in the hole. As a dry run, Matty is asked to arrange the transfer of a duffel bag containing [a large amount of money]from the west coast to the east. To do the job Matty hires his addled friend "Marbles" (Seth Green in an appropriately dazed role)to fly the bag back to New York. On a refueling stop in Onehorsetown Montana, Marbles, of course, promptly loses the bag to a pair of teenage skatepunks, one of whom happens to be the Sheriff's son. Matty and his crew (Brooklyn accents and all) are forced to come to Montana to reclaim their money and settle the score with the of-course corrupt Sheriff, who decides that a half-million dollars cold cash would make a nice retirement fund. The film plays off well on the Small Town versus Big City elements, including a brief but intense bar fight scene between the town tough guy ("Cat" hat and all) and Vin Diesel, who plays Taylor, a half-Jewish enforcer. Diesel's is the most memorable role in the movie, right down to his Star-of-David tattoo. Diesel's performance is quiet but powerful, full of depth and contradiction, and proves conclusively that he can act. Hardly great cinema, but KNOCKAROUND GUYS is definitely worth your time.
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Summary: Different Gangster Flick.
Review: When a Young Man by the name of Matty Demaret (Barry Pepper) by his Mid-Twenties is Crused by his father (Dennis Hopper) ganster life & especially his Name. When he asked his father to give him a Chance to show him, he`s man enough to take care of One Situation, that it seems Simple. His Wish got Granted to Control a Secert Package but when he let his Pilot Friend-Johnny (Seth Green) to get it but he lost the Package in a Nebraska in Montana town. Then Matty & his two friends (Vin Diesel & Andrew Divoli) help their buddy to get it back. Which it been found by Two Teenagers (Kris Lemche & Dov Tiefenbach) & then stolen by two Corrupted Police Officers (Tom Noonan & Shawn Doyle). Written & Directed by Brian Koppelman & David Levien (Screenwriters of Rounders & The Runaway Jury) made a Entertaining Mob-Oriented Comedy Drama, which that is their Directorial Debut. Pepper & John Malkovich as his Uncle offers Terrific Performances. There`s some flaws in this film but it`s genuinely well made. DVD has an terrific anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) transfer (Also in Pan & Scan) & an strong-Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound (Also in DTS). DVD has an good Commentary Track by the Filmmakers, Deleted Scenes with/without Commentary & Trailers. The Intially Lighthearted Tone turns quite ugly in the last third act of the film. It`s strange that this film wasn`t release for Three Years !, since it was filmed in late-1999. One of the film`s Producers is Produced by Lawrence Bender (Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill Vol.1 & 2). Super 35. Grade:A-.
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Summary: Good but...
Review: I bought this movie because Vin is in it. That being said I don't know that I would want to watch it again if he wasn't. It was good for what it was but it wasn't an Oscar winner. The characters were the same ones you would find in any other mob movie but forced and stale. Of course as long as you don't go into this expecting The Godfather (or even TG III) you should enjoy it.
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Summary: It's tough being a Mobster anymore
Review: In my days at a young age, a pre-teen boy might simply aspire to a Scout merit badge. In KNOCKAROUND GUYS, 11 year-old Matty has already demonstrated to his father, Benny Chains (Dennis Hopper), that he doesn't have what it takes to join the Old Man's business. Benny is a Chicago Mafia kingpin. So, by the time the boy's a young man (now played by Barry Pepper), he's completely without direction. Matty has long accepted the fact that he hasn't got what it takes to work for and impress Dad, and he can't seem to land a legit 9 to 5. So, now what? Then, opportunity knocks. Benny needs a handbag picked up at the Spokane airport and brought back to the Windy City. Matty begs for, and receives, the assignment. Rather than go himself, he gets his friend, Johnny Marbles (Seth Green), to fly his Beechcraft to Washington to make the connection. Marbles, who has the reputation for being a screw-up, is also a mobster's drifting kid. On his return flight, Johnny manages to lose the bag - filled with $500,000 - on a gas stop at the tiny airport that serves Wibaux, Montana. (Yes, Mabel, there really is a Wibaux - on Interstate 84 just west of the North Dakota state line.) Matty and two other discontented pals of Mob lineage, the dapper Chris (Andrew Davoli) and tough guy Taylor (Vin Diesel), arrive to help recover the dough before Benny goes ballistic. That's when things really go into the toilet. KNOCKAROUND GUYS is a coming-of-age story with a twist (albeit at an unusually late age for such Hollywood fairy tales). Part of the film's attraction can perhaps be traced to the viewing public's current love affair with such murderous offerings as THE SOPRANOS. Certain scenes in KNOCKAROUND GUYS are decidedly violent. And then there's the challenge of perceiving any of the main characters as likable enough to root for, much less invite home for Thanksgiving dinner. Perhaps we should instead be looking for personae of interest. Taylor and Teddy are the most watchable. Vin Diesel as the former is more substantial in a supporting role than his "XXX" lead. Taylor's just a buffed-up, uneducated, street-smart brawler. But, he's intensely loyal to Matty, and has no illusions about how he's wasted his life to the present. John Malkovich is mesmerizingly venomous as the psychopathic Teddy, Benny's right-hand Good Fella. There's one delicious scene in which Teddy bemoans the fact that, whereas before a hit man could just get the job done, now one has to be concerned with everybody's feelings. After viewing KNOCKAROUND GUYS, I was mildly surprised to realize that there was no actress in either a lead or significantly supporting role. There's no romance here. Not even any vaguely warm and touchy-feely moments. This is a hard-bitten Guy Flick for the boys on their night out.
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