
After spending more seven years in prison, the criminal Tommy is released and his former partner Mick is waiting for him to take him home. Mick is an ex-convict that is straight now, working as a janitor in a porno shop and living in the decadent and filthy Golden Eagle hotel in Los Angeles. He tells Tommy that he has saved 2.5 thousand dollar and has bought two tickets to Las Vegas for them. Mick's intention is to find a job in a casino and begin a new life with his old frie... (Full plot summary below)
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After spending more seven years in prison, the criminal Tommy is released and his former partner Mick is waiting for him to take him home. Mick is an ex-convict that is straight now, working as a janitor in a porno shop and living in the decadent and filthy Golden Eagle hotel in Los Angeles. He tells Tommy that he has saved 2.5 thousand dollar and has bought two tickets to Las Vegas for them. Mick's intention is to find a job in a casino and begin a new life with his old friend in a nice place. The dirty Golden Eagle is a joint where prostitutes meet clients and losers and decadent people live. When Mick goes to work his last night in his job, Tommy brings the prostitute Amber to the room to have sex with her. Amber works with her friend Sally on the streets and their pimp is the strong Rodan that is luring the fifteen year-old runaway Loriann, promising that she will become a cinema actress. Tommy fails with Amber and she mocks him. Tommy gets angry and kills Amber. When Mick returns to his room, he finds her body. Will that be the end of Mick's dreams?
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| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaNothing about the stories in and of themselves is particularly original, but Rifkin knows how to create atmosphere. |
| TV GuideKen FoxWhile the homeless, the mentally ill and the generally downtrodden are scattered about like so much shabby furniture, Rifkin has no qualms about wallowing in their filth, but he misses the tragedy of their lives -- just as he misses everything else. |
| Film ThreatRon WellsIt's a harsh lesson, but this movie is more than able to grab and hold your attention for it. I just wouldn't bring a date. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA modest pleasure that accomplishes its goals with ease and confidence. |
| New TimesGregory WeinkaufIt's Tommy's job to clean the peep booths surrounding her, and after viewing this one, you'll feel like mopping up, too. |
| New York TimesA.O. ScottThe director seems to take an unseemly pleasure in [the characters'] misery and at the same time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it. |
| Boxoffice MagazineChris WiegandRifkin's references are ... impeccable throughout. |
| L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonThe director pulls back from the hotel, placing it against the skyline of our beautiful city, which appears to be waiting, patiently, for a more original exploration of its inhabitants. |
| New York PostLou LumenickNever decides whether it wants to be a black comedy, drama, melodrama or some combination of the three. The acting and direction are all over the map in this consistently depressing, if occasionally interesting, slice of life. |
| The New York TimesDana StevensThe visual intensity and the relentless degradation visited on the characters begins to feel prurient and dishonest. |