i can't bring myself to care

Rating: Null/10 (5 August 2004)

Well done for bring to the big screen a little known (social) history of NYC. Beautifully filmed and directed, good use smooth editing that was pacey and original without being intrusive. Up till now a great film! I would like to go on and say it was equally well cast! Well, yes i admit on the whole it was well cast, but for the most part the cast seemed to turn up, move around the screen a bit and collect a cheque! DDL tried his best to carry to rest of quite a substantial army of charter roles and extras but i felt he too just gave up part way through. The gangs were neither hardened, gritty, realistic swines nor lovable, comedy rouges and frankly i don't care if they brought in nuclear subs and bombed them from the bay! Nothing could bring me to care what happened to these people nor believe they actually existed (which apparently they did - not those ones specifically but some like them)quite a failing for character driven piece!