What happens next is up to you to find out, but I promise you: Loads of action, drama, humour, and GREAT acting is what you'll experience in this great flick! Christopher Walken gets a role he really shines in, Andy Garcia is nothing else but spectacular, there is even a little extra sparcle when Steve Buscemi enters the scene as assassin Mr. Shhh, and actually EVERYBODY in this movie does a marvelous job in their specific roles giving this movie the "real feel".

The extras are just clips from interviews with the actors. Some of the interviews seem to jump in the middle of a conversation, and it is hard to get to grips with what is actually being said. A more throughout interview with Walken himself, and more of Garcia, would have been preferred. But nonetheless, this is a DVD you can not afford to miss if you call yourself a fan of movies.

GREATEST MOVIE YOU NEVER HEARD ABOUT (Rating: 5.00)
Review : I never heard of this movie until I rented it and then I bought the DVD as soon as I bought my player. This is one of the most underrated movies of all time.

Andy Garcia is Jimmy the Saint, a reformed mobster who runs a video service for people that are terminally ill. The business is failing and his old mob boss (Christopher Walken) calls on him to make good on a loan. The job of Jimmy and his chosen team is to rough someone up, but the job goes all wrong ..... the rest you can guess from the title of the movie.

The supporting cast is a bunch of B list actors who score A plus performances. Steve Buschemi even appears as a hit man who doesnt have much to say. The character of Critical Bill is priceless and offers one of my favorite movie lines of all time "I AM GODZILLA, YOU ARE JAPAN!!!".

Garcia offers his usual reserved acting, but it fits nicely with this role and he does a convincing job when the emotions get fired up near the end of the movie. His lines that he uses on Gabrielle Anwar are a little over the top or "clunky" as Jimmy the Saint would say, but overall Garcia does a good job with the role.

Christopher Walken is excellent as the man with the plan. Then again, he was born to play the bad guy. He doesnt dissapoint with this portrayal.

The editing and lighting of the film add to the film where they should. The ending doesnt dissapoint, after all in a film like this you don't expect everyone to live happily ever after. The DVD version doesnt offer anything spectacular in the area of extras, but as much as I love this film it was a must have DVD for me and I think if you see it you will agree.

Post-Tarantino knock-off, tries too hard, has its moments... (Rating: 3.00)
Review : No, you've probably not heard of this movie before. Yes, there is probably a good reason for that (any number of movies like this came out in the year following "Pulp Fiction"). No, this movie is not a waste of your time. Yes, within a few minutes you will have a PERFECTLY clear understanding of the term "wanna-be". And NO, I do not plan on spending the rest of this review writing like this.

An impressive gathering of character actors like this can mean only one thing: "Indie Cred" (or the desperate attempt to obtain it). And making a "stylish gangster movie" is probably the most obvious way to get there. Create some unusual (even disturbing) characters, write some slick dialogue, and add an air of inevitable doom to the atmosphere and you've pretty much captured the elements that made Quentin Tarantino a fortune and has enabled him to squander the talent that he has for the last 10 years.

In this narrative tale (not entirely convincingly told by Jack Warden) we find the typical "trying-to-go-straight" but struggling career criminal (Andy Garcia) being enticed back to work for his former mob boss (Christopher Walken in the first of two memorable roles spent confined to a chair -see "Suicide Kings"). It's a simple job; "encourage" the boyfriend of the boss's son's ex-girlfriend to leave her, hoping that she'll give the boss's son (who is borderline psychotic, by the way) another chance. Garcia hooks up again with the assortment of characters who make up his former gang and everything goes wrong bigtime. Mob boss Walken is not amused, orders everyone killed, and the movie progresses from there.

It's a lot like "2 Days in the Valley", actually...except it's in Denver. And Denver, I have to say, never having been there in person, looks like a charming city.

The real reason to see this movie is to watch The Greatest Pick-Up Line Ever. Andy Garcia delivers it when he meets the hopelessy sexy Gabrielle Anwar, and even though you KNOW it's an obvious line, he pulls it off amazingly well. Definitely worth seeing. Worth owning if you dig the genre. And definitely worth owning if you're a Christopher Walken fan.

GREAT FILM NAMES, GREAT PACE. (Rating: 4.00)
Review : They must have liked the script and great characters as Jimmy The Saint, Franchise, E-Z Winn and Mr. Shush. Andy Garcia, Christopher Walken, Steve Buscemi and others decided to forego their usual paydays to act in this now indie classic. THINGS TO DO IN DENVER is a great paced, extremely likeable film. The most fervent work is turned in by Treat Williams, as psychotic Critical Bill, and the major cool, Walken as the wheelchair bound, Man With The Plan (Jenny McCarthy as his nurse). Jack Warden old-pros his way by semi-narrating the tale of a group of misbegotten criminals and their impending doom. I'd buy at the Thick 'N' Rich anyday. Boat drinks all around!