They booze in 1975 Brooklyn. It’s as if director John Gray popped Scorsese’s Mean Streets (1973) as instant corn. Other generic sources are writers Arthur Miller and James T. Farrell, and tons of TV. Nick Thurston is a gentle, aspiring artist whose dumb brother (Geoffrey Wigdor) is a criminal hothead. Dad (Stephen Lang) is a mean drunk with a fist for a brain. Mom (Karen Allen) slaves over a hot stove. Leslie Murphy, as a romantic interest, is smart even when nude, but this stuff — with its “wow” lines, flat shots, and KO closeups — was old when Cagney was young. (2011) — David Elliott
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