NEXT OF KIN
(Feature) 1989, 104 Minutes
STARRING
PATRICK SWAYZE, ADAM BALDWIN, HELEN HUNT, BILL PAXTON and LIAM NEESON
WRITTEN BY MICHAEL JENNING (based on a script by Michael Jenning & Jeb Stuart)
DIRECTED BY JOHN IRVIN
CHARACTER:
JOEY ROSSELINI
CHARACTERS STORY:
JOEY ROSSELINI - A YOUNG MAFIA APPRENTICE - IS GUNNING FOR TOP-DOG, IN THE PROCESS THOUGH HE KILLS THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF HILLBILLY COP TRUMAN GATES (SWAYZE), WHO THEN TRIES TO TAKE REVENGE. ROSSELINI IS A RUTHLESS INDIVIDUAL BUT IN MY OPINION, A LIKABLE ONE :)
THE FILM:
PATRICK SWAYZE IS TRUMAN GATES, A CHICAGO COP WITH HILLBILLY ROOTS. WHEN HIS YOUNGER BROTHER GERALD IS BRUTALLY MURDERED, THE POLICE SUSPECT RUTHLESS MOBSTER, JOEY ROSSELINI, BUT HAVE NO GOOD PROOF.
SHOULD TRUMAN PLAY IT BY THE BOOK AS IS HIS DUTY AS A COP? OR SHOULD HE UPHOLD THE ANCIENT MOUNTAIN LAW OF 'AN EYE FOR AN EYE, A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH'?
THE REVIEWS:
LEAFANS REVIEW:
PRETTY LOW-CLASS ACTION/MOB THRILLER WITHOUT MANY THRILLS, BUT ALL IN ALL NOT BAD. THE MOVIE HAS A WELL-KNOWN CAST WHICH COULD BE DESCRIBED AS GREAT DEPENDING ON YOUR POINT OF VIEW. AS AN ADAM BALDWIN FAN THIS MOVIE IS GREAT AS HE HAS A LOT OF SCREEN TIME AND THERE IS A CERTAIN LIKABILITY ABOUT HIS CHARACTER, EVEN THOUGH HE IS A RUTHLESS KILLER. IT WAS ALSO NICE TO SEE BALDWIN ON-SCREEN WITH MANY FAMOUS FACES.
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GENERAL FACTS AND STUFF THAT DOESNT FIT ANYWHERE ELSE:
AN EARLY FILM FOR BEN STILLER BEFORE HE BECAME FAMOUS. HE PLAYS BALDWINS' APPRENTICE.
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