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10th & Wolf (2006)
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Reviews Counted: 26
Fresh: 5
Rotten:21
Average Rating: 4.1/10
Consensus: A scattered mob movie that employs every mafia cliche and fails to establish an identity of its own.
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release: Aug 18, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: James Marsden stars as Tommy, an ex-Marine who gets roped into going undercover in the old neighborhood in this film from CRASH co-writer Robert Moresko. Giovanni Ribisi plays his cousin Joey, the slightly unhinged boss of the local crime... James Marsden stars as Tommy, an ex-Marine who gets roped into going undercover in the old neighborhood in this film from CRASH co-writer Robert Moresko. Giovanni Ribisi plays his cousin Joey, the slightly unhinged boss of the local crime family--they've been friends since they were kids. Brad Renfro is Vincent, Tommy's dim-witted younger brother and Joey's right-hand man after Tommy left to join the Marines. There are lots of violent flashbacks to when all these guys brawled around the old neighborhood and went to mob funerals. Now there's a villainous Italian drug lord trying to seize control and a turf war is imminent. It's up to Tommy to take the drug lord down without getting his little brother killed or Joey indicted in the process. Piper Perabo (COYOTE UGLY) is Tommy's love interest, an attractive mob widow now tending bar at a strip club co-owned by the coke-snorting thug who killed her husband (Dash Mihok). Episodic and entertaining, 10th AND WOLF plays out like a greatest-hits collection of scenes from other mob movies, but this is not a bad thing. An array of well-known names show up in bit parts: Leslie Ann Warren is great as Joey's falling-down-drunk of a mother, Dennis Hopper is an old-time Mafia guy, Val Kilmer is a deranged bar patron, Tommy Lee (ex of Motley Crue and Pamela Anderson) is one of Joey's crew, and Brian Dennehy is an unscrupulous federal agent. [More]
Starring: Giovanni Ribisi, James Marsden, Brad Renfro, Piper Perabo
Starring: Giovanni Ribisi, James Marsden, Brad Renfro, Piper Perabo, Dennis Hopper, Lesley Ann Warren, Tommy Lee, Brian Dennehy, Val Kilmer, Dash Mihok
Screenwriter: Robert Moresco, Allan Steele
Story: Joseph Pistone
Producer: Leo Rossi, Suzanne Delaurentiis
Composer: Aaron Zigman
Studio: ThinkFilm
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Release:
Sep 19, 2006
DVD Features:
- Keep Case
- Widescreen
Audio:
- 5.1 - English
- 2.0 - English
- Subtitled - Spanish
Additional Release Material:
- Audio Commentary - Robert Moresco - Director/Writer, Leo Rossi - Star/Producer, Harvey Rosenstock - Editor
- Behind-the-Scenes
- Deleted Scenes
- Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
- 2. Trailer Gallery
Reviews for 10th & Wolf
A respectable addition to the packed pantheon of watchable but all too familiar Mafia-themed movies.
Coming from a guy who just won an Oscar for screenwriting? One has the right to expect something a little less rote, redundant, and oppressively familiar as 10th & Wolf.
A rather conventional plot is invigorated by intense lead performances from Marsden, Renfro and Ribisi, whose Joey is continually ready to explode in fierce anger, as well as a very good supporting cast, particularly Dennehy and Lesley Anne Warren.
You get to laugh, see some blood and even get choked up a couple of times. Not too shabby, eh?
The narrative is cluttered with backstory -- and the endless digressions overwhelm the efforts of a generally strong cast that includes cameos by Val Kilmer and by Ligati as one of Reggio's foot soldiers.
There's so little satisfaction to be had from the derivative set pieces and predictable plot twists that, mostly, you just want it to be over.
Bobby Moresco, who cowrote Crash and coproduced Million Dollar Baby, makes an undistinguished directing debut, assembling a band of actors who know but two modes: simmering rage and over-the-top histrionics.
It's an ambitious gambit, undercut by characters that stay at a frustrating arm's length.
A mix of the first half of Donnie Brasco, the last 20 minutes of A History of Violence and a couple of episodes of I Love the'90s.
The movie doesn't miss a cliché, ineptly lifting liberally from The Godfather and GoodFellas, among other classics.
At this late date, filmmakers who draw inspiration from the Mafia had better have a whole new angle to offer. Otherwise, they'll end up with a movie like 10th & Wolf.
10th & Wolf alternates between being bloody good and just plain bloody.
A played-out saga of guns, gangsters and goofball actors pretending to be tough guys.
Those looking for violence and bad Italian stereotypes won't be bothered by the fact that they've seen almost all of this before.
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