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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:3
Rotten:4
Average Rating:5.3/10
Theatrical Release:Aug 17, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: A fatal drive-by shooting triggers a brutal gang war in this suspenseful urban drama. As the body count rises, a corrupt police detective (Tom Sizemore, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN) investigates. It... [More]
Starring: Tom Sizemore, Edward James Olmos, Resmine Atis, Enrique Almeida
Director: Michael D. Olmos
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As for Olmos, he has achieved more than most could have with an often cliched screenplay ("Homies are getting killed every day. It's sad." "Those are our f***en homeboys back there. Why don't you show a little respect?").
Sizemore's edgy, high-charged performance blasts through Splinter's aesthetic pretensions.
With its recycled themes and muddled storyline generating a cascade of unanswered questions, the film is more about style than substance.
Top CriticCinematographer Bridger Nielson treats every shot as a work of art; you’ve never seen East L.A. look this gorgeous before. Unfortunately, the actors also seem to have been cast for appearances only.
There's some promise in the central idea, but any audience investment it could have generated is done in by the performances either awkward or downright amateurish.
An explosive, nearly sociopathic perf by Tom Sizemore anchors tyro helmer Michael D. Olmos' Splinter
But the shot du jour (heard and seen daily in every corner of our deadly globe) comes from the bereft mother; her family’s vocational tradition skids to an awful conclusion.
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