thomasthoughts

I got to watch this the other night. I’ve been trying to watch every good movie that was ever filmed in NY.

This is the kind of movie you watch today and it’s not just a dope movie, it’s a historical picture. This was not that long ago, even though it seems that way. It’s the same New York. It’s not based on a true story and some of the performances may be overacted a little,  but from what I’ve learned from old school New Yorkers, this isn’t so far off.

These 3 guys robbed a mafia safehouse for 300,000$ and took out some cops in the process. So they have not only the italian mob headed by a guy who has no problem using the N word in the most negative way, but the cops are after them too. Anthony Quinn plays the “old boys” Captain about to retire when this happens and the new Lieutenant is going to take charge, except the new Lieutenant happens to be black, and this change of power is something these 2 guys have to work through, the first with his lifetime of bias to get over.

All of the acting in this is good to great. I found this looking for more stuff Anthony Quinn is in, a favorite actor of mine.. everyone in this was good though. Real s#%t.  Some of the scenes are really powerful and all of the action scenes are some dope pre-computers realFX ish

#itsOnNetflix

Peace

~t

ps – i’ma do more of these

Oh and I forgot to say the soundtrack is great too. Check it

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