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Dir. John-Luke Montias. 2008. N/R. 80mins. Jessica Pimentel, Stivi Paskoski, Jun Suenaga.Like a less didactic version of Crash, John-Luke Montias’s multiculti, multithreaded drama forces a handful of disparate characters to converge for no purpose other than narrative closure. Set in a New York City populated entirely by ethnic stereotypes instead of people, the film creates a United Nations of vice: A Chinese mobster hires a Japanese hit man (with mommy issues) to kill an Albanian pimp who enslaves women from Mexico, Russia, etc. Impressively shooting in 16mm, Montias’s obvious talent as a filmmaker is sadly overshadowed by his uninspired, cliché-heavy screenplay. Unless you’re a Queens-on-film completist, stay away.—Andrew Grant
Opens Fri; Quad. Find showtimes
Time Out New York / Issue 720 : Jul 16–22, 2009
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Boy were you off the mark with this one Time Out. I actually went to see this film because the reviewer seemed so hell-bent on destroying it that I figured there must be something going on in this flick. And whaddya know? I loved it. It's a gritty, raw piece of New York. It is mind-boggling that you told people to "stay away" from this flick. I guess from now on when Time Out says "stay away", that actually means "go!"