Brooklyn Rules (2007)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Michael Corrente

Writer (WGA):

Terence Winter (written by)

Release Date:

28 May 2009 (Israel)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

Not made to be broken

Plot:

Brooklyn, 1985. With the mob world as a backdrop, three life-long friends struggle with questions of love, loss and loyalty. |

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Brooklyn | Friendship | Dead Dog | University

Cast

Paulo Araujo	...	Young Michael
Daniel Tay	...	Young Bobby
Ty Thomas Reed	...	Young Carmine (as Ty Reed)
Brian O'Neill	...	Priest
Alec Baldwin	...	Caesar
Scott Caan	...	Carmine Mancuso
Jerry Ferrara	...	Bobby Canzoneri
Freddie Prinze Jr.	...	Michael Turner
Mena Suvari	...	Ellen
Alexa Havins	...	Blonde
Christian Maelen	...	Gino
Chris Caldovino	...	Philly
John Cenatiempo	...	Bouncer #1
Staci Rudnitsky	...	Allison
Annie Golden	...	Dottie

Also Known As:

Nailed Right In (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, pervasive language and some sexual content.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R | Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA | New Zealand:R16

Filming Locations:

Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Cataland Films

Trivia:

During production, the working title of the film was "Nailed Right In".

Goofs:

Errors in geography: Early in the movie, the kids are walking on the beach and find a body. That beach is in Staten Island, not Brooklyn. The Belt Parkway runs along the shore of Brooklyn near the Verrazzano Bridge, which is visible in the background.

Movie Connections:

References Back to the Future (1985)

Soundtrack:

Karma Chameleon

These guys must be promoting the movie

From the dialogue to the soundtrack, I felt like this movie was grabbing from other classic mob movies.

There were even direct quotes! ex: a conversation between freddie prinze jr and scott cahn about whether or not it was better to be loved or feared... come on! ... It was like listening to fingernails going down a chalkboard to here these two guys butchering one of the great mob movie moments between Sonny & C in A Bronx Tale.

The dramatic role was clearly too much for Freddie to handle. Scott Cahn and Alec Baldwin were bright spots, but there were too many other awkward moments that seemed like a collision between your typical romantic comedy and a bad mob movie.

If you're going to use the Stones in a mob movie soundtrack... at least pick songs that have not been used in other mob movies.

Don't waste your money and pay to see this in the theater. Its a rental.