Title: .44 Caliber Disappointment
Product review: This movie failed to live up to its promise. It had a strong cast including John Leguizamo, Mira Sorvino, Adrian Brody, Jennifer Esposito, Bebe Neuwirth, and Patti LuPone; it had fascinating subject material to work with in the Son of Sam killings. But the story fell flat. the lead characters (portrayed convincingly by Leguizamo and Sorvino) were unsympathetic and annoying. There was a point I was hoping they were next to be gunned down. Really. The only characters I found interesting were the Punk Rocker and his new girlfriend, Ruby (Brody and Esposito). They were sympathetic, developed, and were the sanest characters in the movie despite their societally unacceptable appearance. Other characters were flat characatures and social stereotypes, with too occasional appearances by "son of Sam". The movie dragged on, twisting a potentially interesting concept into a seemingly endless nightmare of boredom. 1 star was too high a rating for this awful waste of a movie.
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