Under Hellgate Bridge

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Summary: Great independent effort
Review: For those of you who insist this film used the Sopranos cast as a ploy to get people to watch it, you need to take a look at when Hellgate was actually made. While it was released much later (due to financial reasons, coupled with the fact that it was distributed in-house) the film was actually shot nearly two years earlier. This just happened to coincide with the Sopranos' popularity, but it was a mere coincidence.

Regarding the film itself, it's gritty, it's powerful, and it reminds me alot of some early Scorcese films.

It is refreshing to see that this style of filmmaking still exists in today's blockbuster shoot-em-up digital crap films.

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Summary: a well-cliched boring and too ordinary film
Review: how could you just found several familiar faces and just put them together without a good script? this film sucks big time. got the hook nosed tv guy and some other familiar faces from the soprano, with a very low budget to get around, only used limited directing with a horrible and hollow script, then put all these guys together with some tough talking, brotherhood, long lost love, i.e., 'i'll let you have me, but you have to promise me not to hurt my high school sweetheart.' these are all small timers, small potatos with nothing but bore-to-death and meaningless life style. all these people were too ordinary, too common, even too jerk-like wimps trying to fool viewers with certain toughness, yet only resulted in a very hollow and shallow story and too basic performance. what a drag. if you could be so easily satisfied by such a poor and pathetic filmmaking, then more and more junks like this would be poured into market to waste our money and time. you can't just find some familiar faces to fool us again and again. give it a rest, sir.

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Summary: Save your 10 bucks
Review: Most of the people who were drawn to the theatre to watch this movie came on the basis of the soprano's cast members who appear in the movie. However, do yourselves a favor and go see Shreck instead. The movie is low budget with quite bad acting as well. The sopranos cast members only have minor roles in this flick, and its obvious they were used as a ploy to get people to come watch the movie.

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Summary: Powerful, emotional, stops you dead in your tracks!
Review: Not knowing what to expect, I purchased this film becasue I've been a fan of Michael Rodrick's for some time now. If I thought I knew his before from his other work, or I thought that 'The Godfather' was a blood and guts movie, I was wrong. They had nothing on this film.

The acting was fantastic, from the begnning through the end of the film. Even though you knew where the film was taking you, you couldn't move.You HAD to watch.

Great great film.

Rating:
Summary: A Must See Movie!!!!
Review: Obviously, the person that suggested saving your ten bucks was reviewing the film according to the Sophranos. This isn't the Sophranos. This is an independent film that doesn't even have a quarter of the production money the Showtime series has -- and it turned out great! The actors and actresses in this film brought the characters to life, gave them a demension that people that literally live near Hellgate Bridge can relate to. They were real, not the flashy hollywood glamour characters that would have ruined this film. I say buy this film and some popcorn with that ten bucks and watch it just for it's entertainment value, not comparing it to another show :)

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Summary: What to do with that ten bucks
Review: Obviously, the person that suggested saving your ten bucks was reviewing the film according to the Sophranos. This isn't the Sophranos. This is an independent film that doesn't even have a quarter of the production money the Showtime series has -- and it turned out great! The actors and actresses in this film brought the characters to life, gave them a demension that people that literally live near Hellgate Bridge can relate to. They were real, not the flashy hollywood glamour characters that would have ruined this film. I say buy this film and some popcorn with that ten bucks and watch it just for it's entertainment value, not comparing it to another show :)

Rating:
Summary: A Must See Movie!!!!
Review: Under Hellgate Bridge is a must see movie! If you like the Sopranos then this movie is right up your alley. Some of the Sopranos guys play it it including "Big Pussy" and "Uncle Junior". The movie was great, it had an excellent story, and I myself have purchased the DVD and will be watching it again and again. This movie deserves 5 Stars!!!! An A+ Movie!