a5c7b9f00b Two cousins unknowingly rob the mob and face the dangerous consequences. "Little Italy" in New York: Charlie and his cousin Paulie aren't lucky job-wise. Charlie is cool, but Paulie's maroonic behavior constantly brings them in trouble. Then Paulie comes up with the idea to rob the safe of a small company. Together with a safe expert they go for it. However the $150,000 they get are hot: it belongs to the mob and was intended to corrupt the police. The mob only knows the name of the safe man, but they try very hard to find the rest of the gang, too… I read your comments and decided to check it out. It does sound like "Walter" but he really says "Waldo" I wouldn't have caught that without the subtitles being in use on my dvd. It also lists him in the credits"Fat Waldo" at the end of the movie. Pretty entertaining, low-key crime flick. Mickey Rourke and Eric Roberts play two going-nowhere punks in NYC. Roberts in particular worksa waiter in a club for gangsters and wishes he could be more like them. He overhears things, and picks up some information that he thinks could lead him and his cousin/best buddy Rourke to big money. Of course, everything goes wrong (you'd have to be nuts to try to commit a crime with nutjob Eric Roberts by your side). Rourke is a bit of an overactor, but looks extremely subtle next to Roberts. As bad an actorRoberts is, though, there's some crazy there that always makes me kind of like his performances. Geraldine Page has a small role and got nominated for an Oscar for it. This is an example of an aging star giving a serviceable character actor performance, and it's nothing special. My choice for best in show would actually be Daryl HannahRourke's girlfriend. She has a couple of really good scenes. Kenneth McMillan is also goodthe Irish safe cracker Rourke and Roberts hook up with, and Rocky's Burt Young is goodthe mob boss they're ripping off. M. Emmet Walsh also co-stars but doesn't get much to do. If The Pope doesn't fly Sinatra-high or dig Scorsese-deep, it is an appealing commercial movie with a gritty sense of the city, an effective narrative drive and a very watchable cast of pungent performers. [25 June 1984, p.68]
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