
A modern day Romeo & Juliet story is told in New York when an Italian boy and a Chinese girl become lovers, causing a tragic conflict between ethnic gangs.... (Full plot summary below)
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A modern day Romeo & Juliet story is told in New York when an Italian boy and a Chinese girl become lovers, causing a tragic conflict between ethnic gangs.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzRipping reworking of Romeo and Juliet, that's set in modern-day Manhattan's Chinatown and Little Italy. |
| User ReviewAndrew MOn the surface, a remake of Romeo & Juliet (or West Side Story, depending on your values), but stunning cast (save the near-wooden but attractive leads) and Ferrara's brilliant, sleazy and dangerous New York City atmosphere make it breathe and live. I am totally in love with Ferrara's New York...He makes me actually believe it IS the centre of the universe, whereas other filmmakers merely piss me off with their city's self-promotion. A great film. |
| User ReviewAnthony BIts a strong love story set in Canal Street. I love watching anything with old New York shots. Strong performances from James Russo (An Extremely talented actor, who never was given a chance to be a star.) and a young David Caruso. Sari Chang needed a few more acting classes. |
| User ReviewKenny NFrom the director of exploitation classics such as "The Driller Killer" and "Ms. 45" comes a heartfelt, explosive, and just plain excellent little gem that has been unfairly buried deep. The two leads (in their only lead roles to date) readily convince, as does the violence occurring between the rival gangs. (Whether there's real bad blood between NYC's Little Italy and Chinatown neighborhoods or not, this movie makes you believe so.) I cannot recommend this movie highly enough. Certainly one of the best contemporary adaptations of the "Romeo and Juliet" story (although it has more in common with "West Side Story.") This deserves a DVD release in the states and to be recognized as a great romantic drama and depiction of gangland violence. Bravo, Mr. Ferrara. |
| User ReviewChristopher BModern day Rome and Juliet with a gangsta twist. |
| User ReviewRoberto RA modern day Romeo & Juliet or Westside story, set in New York in the late eighties. The two teenagers fall in love but he is Italian and she is Chinese. So, there is â??gonnaâ?? be trouble between some petty crooks in china town and little Italy, as both Tony (Richard Panebianco) and Tye (Sari Chang) siblings are both involved and they donâ??t like each other. Quite bland acting by the two young leads but David Caruso kind of steals it with his bigoted character called â??Mercuryâ??. As itâ??s the 80s the music in the film seems really loud as the gangs batter each other, in their pulled up sleeved jackets and up turned collars. Also, the hair somewhat â??quiffyâ?? for both sexes! When the mobsters get involved in the violence between the gangs (as they want the warring sides to stop), it gets slightly gory. Not a classic film by Abel Ferrara but as it is him behind the camera; it is well shot and shows a somewhat realistic and gritty city |
| User ReviewJochen WTragic story of interracial young love ended prematurely during a violent turf war between Chinatown and Little Italy. Police strictly enforce anti-loitering laws but are no where to be seen during street machine gun fights or store bombings. |
| User ReviewChris ZOnly thing it was missing was Eddie Van Halen's guitar solo. Just beat it... |
| User ReviewShawn WTragic story of interracial young love ended prematurely during a violent turf war between Chinatown and Little Italy. Police strictly enforce anti-loitering laws but are no where to be seen during street machine gun fights or store bombings. |
| User ReviewMichael WModern day Romeo & Juliet set against heated gangwar between Little Italy and Chinatown in NYC--a place clearly lacking any kind of police presence with store bombings, gang killings and machine gun rampages the norm. Pretty stylish direction from Abel Ferrera. |