Sometimes, even under the best circumstances, and with the best intentions, certain projects misfire. Such is the case of "10th and Wolf", directed by Robert Moresco, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Allan Steele, is a movie that probably went to video soon after its initial release, or so it seems by the scant comments to the IMDb site. A popular film will get an enormous amount of submissions, something this one hasn't garnered.
The film is not horrible, by any means. The creators have tried to capitalize on the crime genre without good results. Everything in paper must have looked better than the finished product, owning perhaps to Mr. Moresco's trying to outdo himself with characters that are, by now, like a cliché. Fans looking for a violent film will have no problem liking "10th and Wolf" because there is enough blood to please everyone.
Giovanni Ribisi plays a larger than life role as Joey, the bad kid with connections to the organized crime he experienced since an early age. His acting is a bit over the top; he is not too believable. James Marsden's Tommy is even more of a puzzle because having seen war first hand and having suffered a gun wound, it would have been enough to make him stay away from that scene. The late Brian Renfro shows traces about his own demise because of a drug problem. Dennis Hopper and Val Kilmer cameos don't add anything to the story.
One wishes the director and his cast better luck next time and while the movie doesn't live up to its promise, it will please an audience that will see it for what it's not.
The film is not horrible, by any means. The creators have tried to capitalize on the crime genre without good results. Everything in paper must have looked better than the finished product, owning perhaps to Mr. Moresco's trying to outdo himself with characters that are, by now, like a cliché. Fans looking for a violent film will have no problem liking "10th and Wolf" because there is enough blood to please everyone.
Giovanni Ribisi plays a larger than life role as Joey, the bad kid with connections to the organized crime he experienced since an early age. His acting is a bit over the top; he is not too believable. James Marsden's Tommy is even more of a puzzle because having seen war first hand and having suffered a gun wound, it would have been enough to make him stay away from that scene. The late Brian Renfro shows traces about his own demise because of a drug problem. Dennis Hopper and Val Kilmer cameos don't add anything to the story.
One wishes the director and his cast better luck next time and while the movie doesn't live up to its promise, it will please an audience that will see it for what it's not.