Product Description

Revenge is the only option.

Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down) stars as a dirty cop on the gang-ravaged streets of East L.A. in this smart and gritty thriller. A bloody drive-by shooting on ends a truce between two warring gangs, leaving "Shaggy" Gonzalez dead and his brother "Dreamer" badly wounded. Now Dreamer is desperate to avenge his brother's murder, but his head wound has robbed him of his memory of the shooting. With a rising number of bizarre murders and hacked-up bodies, police aren't sure if they have a gang war or a serial killer on their hands, and their only chance of finding out is if Dreamer pieces together his shattered memory...before it's too late.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #92541 in DVD
• Brand: IMAGE ENT.
• Released on: 2007-09-25
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 96 minutes

Features

• Revenge is the only option. Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down) stars as a dirty cop on the gang-ravaged streets of East L.A. in this smart and gritty thriller. A bloody drive-by shooting on ends a truce between two warring gangs, leaving "Shaggy" Gonzalez dead and his brother "Dreamer" badly wounded. Now Dreamer is desperate to avenge his brother's murder, b

Customer Reviews

A TV movie at best
You know you are in for a bad time with a film when you see the comment on the front cover reading "For fans of the Wire" The fact that it has to advertise a TV series in a hope of convincing you its even worth watching is never a good start.

Indie film or not its hard to believe that these are professional actors in this film. Did they not read the script before they signed the contracts for the film? Where they just so uninterested they just didnt care?

The film is basically centered around a series of violent murders in a Hispanic district of LA. One officer (an alcoholic) is under investigation by a second officer who has been brought in to not only investigate the crime but also corruption in the force.

Problem 1. Terrible terrible acting. Sizemore is just so bad its beyond words. There is absolutely nothing to relate to in his character. Olmos is just as bad, try and think of those late night films you may see on a Friday at about 2am when you come home from a night out and you kind of get an idea of the acting quality here)

Problem 2. The film just jumps from place to place. Its just not coherent at all so there is no way of relating to anything in the film or even keep interest in it.

Problem 3. Its almost like they stole the Hispanic actors from the film Training Day (and the script and even some of the characters names. Dreamer wasnt that the name of the girl in Training Day?)

Avoid this film.

Watch out homies
Why is it that indie productions always end up looking so awful? Splinter is a classic of the genre: an inability to frame anything except as a close-up; hopeless lighting, dreary continuity, tacky editing and shoddy recording; a dull script that makes you think " What do I care about these people". Strangely the story is half passable and in the hands of a professional director and film editor I could see that this, even with a low budget, could make a watchable movie, a sort of tight noir of LA gang culture.

The fact that Tom Sizemore is in it carries little weight it seems to me, his drunken, broken cop character gets more screen time than it really deserves. The 'stars' have to be Enrique Almeida and Noel Gugliemi who can probably play Latino gang-bangers in their sleep. Everyone else did what was required of them in a half-hearted way.

Overall an indie of no consequence. I thought the extras were more interesting than the feature. The fact that you can pick this up for less than a buck says it all.

Only a couple mentionables are better than this... Good movie!
If you draw your ideas about urban life from Hollywood, you are bound to be mislead by the poor portrayal of barrio culture and the continued raping of Hip Hop imagery. It seems that this time they get it right! At its weekest points, the movie delivers occasions of weaker acting and continuity errors, but what the movie excels at is its sincerity, truth, and boldness.

The movie also propels us through these moments to realizations of our own self. Who are we honestly beyond our influences? Who's to blame for our problems and our community's problems? How do we cope?

Bullets and serial murders launch warring neighborhoods to battle as a crumbling police department is caught in the middle. Charged by excellent cinematography, graphic editing, amazing music, and the powerhouse acting of Edward James Olmos and Tom Sizemore, BUY this movie and transport yourself to the wonderful Los Angeles cityscapes where, in a flash and a bullet wound later, you'll discover the chaotic underbelly that keeps justice in order in the city.

NOTABLES: Appearances by Edward James Olmos, Noel Gugliemi, Tom Sizemore, Hector Atreyu Ruiz, Cypress Hill, Ivonne Coll, "Diamond" Dallas Page, Emilio Rivera, Adam Rodriguez, Nick Gonzalez, Bodie Olmos, and more...