Once in the life (of drug dealing and organized crime), can anyone get out? During a brief jail stay, two half-brothers, who have rarely seen each other while growing up, connect. One of them, called 20/20 Mike because he can sense people nearby, concocts a scheme in which the two of them will steal some dope from young couriers. The heist goes awry when Billy, the junkie brother, shoots the victims of the theft. The brothers hole up in an abandoned building, and 20/20 Mike s... (Full plot summary below)
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Once in the life (of drug dealing and organized crime), can anyone get out? During a brief jail stay, two half-brothers, who have rarely seen each other while growing up, connect. One of them, called 20/20 Mike because he can sense people nearby, concocts a scheme in which the two of them will steal some dope from young couriers. The heist goes awry when Billy, the junkie brother, shoots the victims of the theft. The brothers hole up in an abandoned building, and 20/20 Mike seeks help from an old cell mate, Tony, whom he thinks is out of the life. It turns out that they have stolen Tony's dope, and Tony's boss wants the two thieves dead. Is there any way out?
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| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasFishburne excels in his triple-threat roles as actor, director and adapter of his own play, and his cast glows under his direction. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanShowcases a trio of terrific performances. |
| Mr. ShowbizKevin MaynardHas a credibly gritty texture, thanks in large part to Fishburne's generosity with his fellow actors. |
| L.A. WeeklyF. X. FeeneyMay lack any transcendent point that would make it exceptional, but it is certainly a worthy start, and worth catching. |
| New York PostLou LumenickBasically it's an acting exercise - a one-set rendition of that old stage and movie standby, the ex-convict struggling to go straight who's tempted to attempt one last score. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonStrong, hard, dirty, funny, moving atmospheric and laced with scabrously musical street dialogue. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerIf Laurence Fishburne could only have harnessed his fierce performance to drive his directoral debut, Once in the Life might have made something memorable of the done-to-death tale of small-time crooks on the run after a heist gone wrong. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie remains an actor's exercise--too much dialogue, too much time in the room, too much happening offstage, or in the past, or in memory, or in imagination. |
| New York Daily NewsJack MathewsAs urban gangster drama, Once in the Life is way below mundane, and Fishburne's direction exceeds the rookie jitters. |
| VarietyRobert KoehlerA film that ultimately feels stagebound and excessively talky, but which showcases an exceptional performance. |
