Deuces Wild Movie Review 2002

Cliche piles upon cliche in this story of Brooklyn street gangs in the late '50s. The Deuces, led by Leon (Dorff) and his hot-headed younger brother Bobby (Renfro), and their rivals the Vipers, go to war over turf when Vipers leader Marco (Redus) is released from prison. Drug-dealing Marco was responsible for the heroin death of their older brother Sal, and the brothers want to keep their streets clean, which also puts them in conflict with local mobster Fritzy (Dillon) and his thugs. There's even a star-crossed romance since Bobby loves Vipers girl Annie (Balk). Director Kalvert did better with teens and drugs and violence in "The Basketball Diaries."

Distribution

MGM Home Entertainment, 2500 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90404-6061, Phone: (310)449-3000, Fax: (310)449-3100, URL: http://www.mgmhomevideo.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 97 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Gangs, Period Piece: 1950s, Brothers & Sisters, Smuggler's Blues, Organized Crime

Screenplay

Paul Kimatian, Christopher Gambale

Cast

Stephen Dorff, Brad Renfro, Norman Reedus, Fairuza Balk, Max Perlich, Matt Dillon, Drea De Matteo, Frankie Muniz, Vincent Pastore, Balthazar Getty, James Franco, Louis Lombardi, Deborah Harry, Johnny Knoxville, Joe Sampson

Cinematography

John A. Alonzo

Director

Scott Kalvert

Music

Stewart Copeland

Other

Stephan Von Hase, Michael R. Miller, Donna Ekins-Kapner, Marianne Astrom-DeFina, David L. Snyder

Producer

Willi Baer, Fred Caruso, Paul Kimatian, Michael Cerenzie, Cinerenta-Cinewild, Unity Productions, Presto Productions, Antonia Company, United Artists