City of Crime (1997)

City of Crime: Directed by John Irvin. With Harvey Keitel, Stephen Dorff, Timothy Hutton, Famke Janssen. A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.

“u0026#39;City of Industryu0026#39; has a nice first half hour and a fine Harvey Keitel to keep the other minutes entertaining. Keitel is Roy Egan who seeks revenge. After a score he is betrayed by Skip (Stephen Dorff), who killed Royu0026#39;s brother Lee (Timothy Hutton) and a fourth person who helped with the score named Jorge (Wade Dmoniguez).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe first half hour I was talking about shows us some preparations for the score, the score itself and the betrayal. Although it is not much we havenu0026#39;t seen before it is pretty good and entertaining. After this I liked Keitel. I liked his outbursts, his emotions on screen, the way he handles certain things (and people), and I liked his moments with Jorgeu0026#39;s wife Rachel (Famke Janssen).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI liked these things but the story is as predictable as it can get. Dorff is a nice villain, but he is as predictable as the plot and that doesnu0026#39;t make him very interesting. His violent side is effective, and sometimes funny as well, but it doesnu0026#39;t add anything to the character.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn the end I wasnu0026#39;t really bored with this movie. I had a pretty good time although a lot of things didnu0026#39;t make much sense. In one scene it is day, in the next it is night, but the events we see seem to happen only moments later. It made me wonder, even smile a little. My guess is this was not the intention of the movie.”