When the New York journalist Jake Bridges catches his girlfriend with another guy, he goes to Atlantic City to drink himself to oblivion. He is saved from a bar brawl by a small-time mobster Frankie, and Jake falls in love with Frankie's girlfriend Melissa. Jake soon also joins Frankie in his money-collecting duties.
Acting
Michael Wincott's whispered menace steals every scene he's in.
Cinematography
Atlantic City never looked this beautifully hopeless.
Direction
Celentano knows the difference between noir and noir cosplay.
Director
Jeff Celentano
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Jeff Celentano's directorial debut after years as a character actor in mob films.
Released the same year as Out of Sight and The Big Lebowski, it represents the dying gasp of theatrical neo-noir before prestige TV swallowed the genre.
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