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State of Grace (1990)

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Reviews Counted:14

Fresh:12

Rotten:2

Average Rating:6.8/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 24 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Terry Noonan returns to New York's Hell's Kitchen after twelve years to find that his old neighborhood of seedy bars and Irish-American mobsters has been taken over by Yuppies hell-bent on... Terry Noonan returns to New York's Hell's Kitchen after twelve years to find that his old neighborhood of seedy bars and Irish-American mobsters has been taken over by Yuppies hell-bent on gentrification. Terry's childhood buddies, ruthless gang leader Frankie Flannery and his psychotic brother Jackie, are determined to keep the neighborhood's tradition of organized -- and extremely violent -- crime alive. Terry joins Frankie's gang and gets back together with his former love, Frankie's sister Kathleen. But as the cops crack down on the Flannery crime ring, it becomes clear that Terry's loyalties are dangerously divided. [More]

Starring: Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright

Starring: Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright, John C. Reilly

Director: Phil Joanou

Director: Phil Joanou
Composer: Ennio Morricone

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Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

A gritty, intense and explosive Irish gangster drama that's second only to Scorsese's GoodFellas as the best film of 1990.

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Charts the territory of lawlessness, betrayal and violence.

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