A bit too familiar and occasionally melodramatic, Deuces Wild clicks nonetheless, thanks to a gritty screenplay and tight direction.
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05/03/02
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Deuces Wild (2002)
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Reviews Counted:65
Fresh:2
Rotten:63
Average Rating:2.9/10
Consensus: Melodramatic and weighted down with silly dialogue, Deuces Wild is a forgettable effort that leaves no cliches unturned.
Theatrical Release:May 3, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $6,044,618
Synopsis: Leon (Stephen Dorff) leads the Deuces, a gang he formed to keep "junk" off his Sunset Park block after his youngest brother died of a drug overdose. However, his other brother, Bobby (Brad Renfro),... [More]
Starring: Matt Dillon, Stephen Dorff, Brad Renfro, Fairuza Balk
Director: Scott Kalvert
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Reviews for Deuces Wild
This is a film that manages to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography.
05/03/02
When you're watching a flick like this and you're expecting -- no, make that hoping -- someone's gonna bust out with a chorus of Maria, then you're in pretty bad shape.
05/03/02
The overkill of slow motion shots made it look more like Michael Jackson's Beat It video than a feature film.
05/03/02
It hasn't got a clue where it's going, or which movie it wants to copy most.
05/29/02
Some decent actors inflict big damage upon their reputations.
06/07/02
No cliche escapes the perfervid treatment of gang warfare called Deuces Wild.
05/11/02
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.
06/04/02
So clichéd that, at one point, they literally upset an apple cart.
05/02/02
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.
03/07/07
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Deuces Wild treads heavily into Romeo and Juliet/West Side Story territory, where it plainly has no business going.
05/06/02
The movie is like Scorsese's Mean Streets redone by someone who ignored it in favor of old 'juvenile delinquent' paperbacks with titles like Leather Warriors and Switchblade Sexpot.
05/03/02
...there’s a reason it’s been sitting on the shelf for over a year.
04/24/02
A stale drama about two rival white gangs who live across the street from each other.
05/18/02
At best, Deuces Wild is adequate direct-to-video fare. At worst, it's a horrifically bad theatrical release.
05/04/02
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.
09/18/02
This film isn’t worth the celluloid it’s printed on.
05/02/02
Both half-hearted and half-assed
07/03/02
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