Dutch Kills

Ashley (Tama Filianga- co-writer/producer) gets out of jail after 3 years. His friend Valentino (R.L. Mann co-writer/producer) has been out for a year as his sentence was cut short. The crime they committed is not really explained. Val's smack head sister (Claire Jane Edna) has borrowed money from slim ball Lou (Mikaal Bates) and now Lou demands that Val get his old gang back together for ONE LAST JOB (original title). The film is low budget. The fight scene was filmed in horrible slow motion. The actual job we don't see, just people running around a corner with one person apparently shot in the arm. The acting wasn't that great and the dialogue slowed the film down. There is a twist, but when you introduce new characters half way through the film, it is a cheap way to achieve a twist. It wasn't well developed. Guide: F-bomb. Brief sex and nudity.

So I went into this film knowing that it was a low budget Indie, so I definitely wasn't expecting much. But I was really surprised this was a really great script with a depth of characters and acting that you don't usually see in Indies... The camera-work was great, really showed off a gritty / tough side of new york that we used to see in NY Crime films! and it looked like it was a bigger budget than what it says it was on here lol! But I think the real star of the show was the script which has a a great cast of characters and you're not quite sure who to follow, then you start to realize people aren't quite who you thought they were and the film really gets going! If you like indie films then this is definitely worth watching! (And cool to think some of these actors might be on bigger stuff soon and I saw them here first!)