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Deuces Wild (2002)

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Average Rating: 2.9/10
Reviews Counted: 66
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 64

Melodramatic and weighted down with silly dialogue, Deuces Wild is a forgettable effort that leaves no cliches unturned.

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Average Rating: 2.9/10
Critic Reviews: 17
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 17

Melodramatic and weighted down with silly dialogue, Deuces Wild is a forgettable effort that leaves no cliches unturned.

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Movie Info

This gang warfare drama is from director Scott Kalvert, whose previous film was the controversial and violent The Basketball Diaries (1995). In the sweltering summer of 1958, Leon (Stephen Dorff) and Bobby (Brad Renfro) are leaders of the Brooklyn street gang known as the Deuces. When their brother Alley Boy died from an overdose, the two toughs vowed to keep narcotics out of their turf, but now they're being muscled by a new and more powerful gang called the Vipers, fueled by drug money and led

R, 1 hr. 37 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure

Paul Kimatian, Christopher Gambale

Aug 6, 2002

$6.0M

MGM

Cast

All Critics (66) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (65) | DVD (11)

This is a movie that can't say no to a melodramatic opportunity, and whatever verisimilitude inspired Paul Kimatian and Christopher Gambale to write a script based on Kimatian's memories of the gangs has been utterly lost along the way.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
Variety
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Slow-motion shots of swaggering tough guys punctuate this painfully hackneyed gang drama set in late-50s Brooklyn.

March 7, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
Chicago Reader
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The script from first-timers Paul Kimatian and Christopher Gambale requires Dillon to say corny things like: 'Bricks don't fall outta the sky in this neighborhood unless I'm throwin' 'em.' Tony Soprano, he ain't.

March 7, 2007 Full Review Source: Associated Press | Comment
Associated Press
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Propelled not by characters but by caricatures.

May 3, 2002 Comment
Washington Post
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No telegraphing is too obvious or simplistic for this movie.

May 3, 2002 Comment
USA Today
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If there's a heaven for bad movies, Deuces Wild is on its way.

May 3, 2002 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comment
Toronto Star
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What died in here, and who can we call to take its carcass away?

July 5, 2004 Comment

If it was the intention of Kalvert, Gambale and Kimatian to infiltrate their script with every stereotypical hoodlum cliché from every movie covering Brooklyn bad boys, they were on the money. Too bad their movie isn't.

February 1, 2004 Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | Comment

Tentando desesperadamente se transformar em uma espécie de O Selvagem da Motocicleta do novo milênio (com toques de Amor, Sublime Amor), o filme é esquemático demais, tornando-se artificial e nada envolvente.

July 14, 2003 Comment
Cinema em Cena

With a couple of plot twists and a few powerful performances, Deuces Wild is worth checking out -- but only on home video.

December 8, 2002 Full Review Source: Film Threat | Comment
Film Threat

I accuse films of being generic and unoriginal on a regular basis, but rarely have I seen a movie so determined to check off every cliché on the list as Deuces Wild.

September 18, 2002 Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | Comment
EricDSnider.com

Astonishing isn't the word -- neither is incompetent, incoherent or just plain crap. Indeed, none of these words really gets at the very special type of badness that is Deuces Wild.

August 5, 2002 Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | Comment
L.A. Weekly

...we have a case of the audiovisual qualities of a movie far outstripping the merits of the film itself.

August 3, 2002 Comment
Movie Metropolis

Despite its best intentions, Deuces Wild is an empty hand.

August 3, 2002 Comment
Movie Metropolis

Both half-hearted and half-assed

July 3, 2002 Full Review Source: Film Blather | Comment
Film Blather

It does nothing new with the old story, except to show fisticuffs in this sort of stop-go slow motion that makes the gang rumbles look like they're being streamed over a 28K modem.

June 10, 2002 Full Review Source: Film Snobs | Comment
Film Snobs

Some decent actors inflict big damage upon their reputations.

June 7, 2002 Comment
Las Vegas Mercury

If they broke out into elaborate choreography, singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention, but as it stands I kept looking for the last exit from Brooklyn.

June 4, 2002 Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | Comment

It hasn't got a clue where it's going, or which movie it wants to copy most.

May 29, 2002 Full Review Source: Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah) | Comment
Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)

A stale drama about two rival white gangs who live across the street from each other.

May 18, 2002 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

A summary of the plot doesn't quite do justice to the awfulness of the movie, for that comes through all too painfully in the execution.

May 17, 2002 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | Comment
TheMovieReport.com

All I can say is fuhgeddaboutit.

May 13, 2002 Full Review Source: eye WEEKLY | Comment
eye WEEKLY

You'll have a ball with Deuces Wild. Not because it's a well-made and intelligent movie, but because it plays like the world's most straight-faced spoof.

May 11, 2002 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Deuces Wild

While this movie is completely ridiculous and corny, it's still fun to see Stephen Dorff being the bizarre person he is. There's actually some really good things about the movie, there's some very decent acting from Brad Renfro and Balthazar Getty, but the majority is just a rip-off of various other gangster movies.

June 8, 2010
ythelastman89

Super Reviewer

Not bad, too cliche at times and predictable resolution, but still not bad. I guess it helps that i'm a sucker for 50s retro stuff. Fairuza Balk also looks hot in some kind of weird way.

October 15, 2009
DragonEyeMorrison
Tsubaki Sanjuro

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