Video Capsule Review
ONCE IN THE LIFE
Laurence Fishburne, Titus Welliver (2000,
Trimark, 107 mins., R, also on DVD)
Credits
Rated: R; Genres: Crime, Drama; With: Laurence Fishburne and Titus Welliver; Distributor: Lions Gate Films
C+
Fishburne and Welliver -- as hoods who are half brothers -- botch a drug scam and retreat, invariably, to an invariably gritty hideout. Enter Mamet-style monologues and fierce yelling about loyalty. Fishburne adapted this, his feature directorial debut, from his play Riff Raff, and there's a staginess to this crime drama that sinks under the weight of its mood. C+
Posted Mar 30, 2001
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