Stephen Dorff ('Blade'), Brad Renfro ('Ghost World'), Fairuza Balk ('American History X'), Frankie Muniz ('Malcolm in the Middle') and Drea DeMatteo ('The Sopranos') star in this stylish, tough and sexy gang drama that vividly captures the tumultuous passion and brutal violence that pervaded New York in the late 1950s. In the sweltering summer of 1958, the Deuces, a gang of Brooklyn toughs, find their turf threatened when the leader of a rival gang, the Vipers, is released from prison. Leon (Dorff), the Deuce's leader, tries to guide his boys through bloody brawls to keep the Vipers out. But when his brother (Renfro) falls into a sultry - and dangerous - relationship with Annie (Balk), the sister of a Viper, and his own girlfriend is brutally attacked, Leon and his gang are plunged into an all out war to save his brother, his girl - and his neighborhood!
2nd time of watching, and this remains a bit of a disjointed and average film. Some good charismatic performances from the leads, and the storyline moves along swiftly enough. The violence within the fights is fairly graphic, albeit a bit unrealistic for streetfights, and the romance within the film is not too drippy. But as a whole it just wasn't gritty enough for a gangster film to suit my taste, such as the excellent Goodfellas or Scarface. Best way I could describe it is a harder edged West Side Story without the music and dance.
Keanu Reeves ... Neo Laurence Fishburne ... Morpheus Carrie-Anne Moss ... Trinity Hugo Weaving ... Agent Smith Gloria Foster ... Oracle Joe Pantoliano ... Cypher Marcus Chong ... Tank
Synopsis: By day, Thomas Anderson is a software programmer in a respectable company. By night, Neo is a hacker. For years he's been searching for an answer to a question that is gnawing in his mind: What is the Matrix? The answer to that question is beyond anything he could have imagined and will change his life forever. And it will change not only him, but the world.
My Opinion: It's still a great movie and was certainly a milestone in film's history. Just the amount of movies that have re-used or parodied the bullet-time effect is incredible. The effect scenes like the shoot-out in the foyer or the final battle between Agent Smith and Neo are wonderfully choreographed. And you can even see the details because there are not 20 cuts and angle changes in 30 seconds like in more modern action flicks.
VOY 3.16 Blood Fever Writer: Lisa Klink (Writer) Director: Andrew Robinson Cast: Kate Mulgrew (Captain Kathryn Janeway), Robert Beltran (Commander Chakotay), Roxann Dawson (Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres), Jennifer Lien (Kes), Robert Duncan McNeill (Lieutenant Tom Paris), Ethan Phillips (Neelix), Robert Picardo (The Doctor), Tim Russ (Lieutenant Tuvok), Garrett Wang (Ensign Harry Kim), Alexander Enberg (Ensign Vorik), Bruce Bohne (Ishan), Deborah Levin (Ensign Lang)
The first episode with a big P/T focus. Vorik goes into Pon Farr and chooses B'Elanna as his mate. She refuses but is infected by the blood fever of the Pon Farr when Vorik briefly mind melded with her. Under the blood lust, B'Elanna chooses Tom as her mate which leads to some great P/T scenes.
The end of the episode marks the introduction of the Borg to the Voyager series.
P/T moments: There are a lot to choose from in this episode. My favorite two are the following:
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