
Release Date
May 3, 2002
Director
Scott Kalvert
Writer
Christopher Gambale, Paul Kimatian
Cast
Melvin Rodriguez, Drea de Matteo, Ronnie Marmo, Maurice Compte, Brad Renfro, Norman Reedus, Vincent Pastore, Frankie Muniz, Joshua Leonard, Johnny Knoxville, Deborah Harry, Balthazar Getty, James Franco, Stephen Dorff, Matt Dillon, Fairuza Balk
Studio
Running Time
96 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for strong violence, language, some drug content and brief sexuality
Following the departure of the Dodgers in 1958, several young men in Brooklyn are forced to deal with the influence of guns and drugs on the street, and a gang war ensues.... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Spider-Man opened to approximately $113 million in early May, but another film that opened the same day slipped through relatively unnoticed, and unfortunately for Deuces Wild, covert operations in Hollywood are not a good thing. Deuces Wild is a boring yet relatively harmless gang war movie set in 1958 Brooklyn that stars a fairly well known cast, such as Stephen Dorff, Matt Dillon, James Franco (who is also in Spider-Man, by the way), Brad Renfro, and Fairuza Balk. When drugs start to reemerge on a street that has been kept clean by a neighborhood gang called the Deuces for three years, a gang war ensues. Love, loyalty, and honor are put to the test. The word of the hour is 'normal.' Deuces Wild isn't awful or wonderful; it's just normal. The acting isn't bad or good; it's just normal. The story is just normal. The pace is normal. If looking for something to watch on a Friday night, there are a lot of better movies than Deuces Wild to see. Full movie review »