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the film is nothing new and fails to establish anything new. it starts off well but after that it falls flat with the typical mob jumbo. this had potential but sadly this failed to live up to my expectations

I seriously need to pay more attention to films, actucally no I don't, films need to me more clearer because this film well and truly baffled me. I didnt have a clue what Derek Luke's character Patrick was doing by the end of film and what he was hoping for, I couldnt work out what Tim Robbin's Nic wanted Patrick for. It was just all over the place and very confusing. The plot was badly paced and made no sense, things were never explained, and my goodness the ending was a sham. Im pretty sure there was a message in here and it was meant to make me think and get under my skin, all it did was give me a headache and confuse the life out of me. City of God, Hotel Rwanda and The Last King of Scotland were much more effective with their storytelling. This just wasnt, Tim Robbins and Derek Luke are good actors but were totally wasted in this muddled up mess. I feel bad for not understanding the film, but I just didnt get it.


Oh and Im seeing American Gangster tomorrow hopefully, Im sure my review for that will be massive.

10th AND WOLF uses every clich

I found Giovini Ribisi funny trying to be a gangster. Cliched, with less than mediocre acting.

This movie is just o.k.. They shouldn't mention Donnie Brasco at all. Maybe even shot a scene in Philly.

If you've seen DONNIE BRASCO, you've seen parts of 10TH & WOLF.

Here we have Tommy (James Marsden, X-MEN: THE LAST STAND) trying to set his life straight. After finding out that his father was a hit-man for a local boss, Tommy soon sees him gunned down on the street. Twelve-year-old Tommy never forgets this and once eighteen, joins the marines and is whisked off to the Persian Gulf. He fights the war his country tells him to fight, only to learn that they can't go into Baghdad and capture Saddam in the end. Tommy loses control of himself, hits an MP, and steals a colonel's Jeep. Now in hot-water, and facing a court martial, he is shipped back to the brig in the U.S. where he's approached by Agent Horvath (Brian Dennehy, COCOON) of the FBI. Tommy is told that what remains of his family is in danger. His brother Vincent (Brad Renfro, GHOST WORLD) has fallen in with a friend's "business." This friend is Joey (Giovanni Ribisi, THE GIFT) who's attempting to become a boss of his own. The hitch is that Joey also saved Tommy's life once, and Tommy loves Joey like a second brother. Agent Horvath explains that another wannabe boss in the area needs to be caught on tape with incriminating evidence so that they can put him away. Joey and Tommy's brother Vincent will be given an easy deal if Tommy cooperates.

Tommy returns to 10th and Wolf, his true home, and rekindles his friendship with Joey. But once in tight with him, Tommy's values toward family and friends comes creeping up. That he cares deeply for Joey is all too evident; he may even care more for Joey than he does his own brother, something that is touched on in the film.

In the end, Tommy has to make a tough decision that is supposed to save his brother, but put Joey in harms way. Not willing to let Joey go through the danger alone, Tommy accompanies him into an explosive situation, only to learn that his brother Vincent's mortal coil may have been shed already.

Although fairly predictable, the story has some wonderful acting moments. Giovanni Ribisi was flawless as the cocky start-up Joey. Every scene he was in felt electrified. There's one in particular that stands out. It is where he and Tommy stand near a fence toward the end of the film and Joey speaks of trust and those who wear wires for "the good guys." It is a very touching and dangerous moment, because the audience doesn't know if Joey is going to kill Tommy or if his cold heart actually has a place for Tommy in it.

That there aren't any "big bosses" around adds a tension to the flick that is often lacking in other more gratuitously violent mafioso movies. Joey and another small time crook are trying to become godfathers of their own in the small community, and it is their battles with the past, as much as with each other, that makes this film stand out above its predecessors.

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It was your usual maffia movie with lots of killing and shooting. The characters were very stereotypical of the genre, the out-of-control drinker, the slow guy, the guy with the limp, standard good/bad cop and of course the hero who falls in love with, believe it or not, the only girl in the film. It was very predictable. Almost too predictable.

4.5/10. There is absolutely nothing original about this film. It's all been done dozens and dozens of times before. It's slow and boring, very predictable. The cast and the acting are fine, and it's well produced, but that is about it.

Well all I have to say is mob movies have gotten old IMO. I could have almost told you the story before I watched it, but I am a sucker for mob movies so I had to make sure :p Same story, sorta the same type acting, nothing really exciting....just average and that is what 10th and wolf is, average 5/10