Across 110th Street
|
List Price: Our Price: $6.91 You Save: $8.07 (54%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used: from $5.21 (click here) Category: DVD See more DVD releases |
|---|
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
Movie Reviews of Across 110th Street
Movie Review: crime-drama
Summary: 5 Stars
Good crime drama w/ a taste of blaxploitation. Anthony Quinn as always gives an outstanding acting performance as a near-retiring police captain grappling with civil rights change within the police force along with, an explosive drug ridden black community. Yaphet Kotto also, gives a terrific performance throughout the film as the new lieutenant that locks horn w/ Quinn's traditional ways of dealing with community folk. Anthony Franciosa gives a fantastic acting performance as a racist drug dealer.Movie Review: An excellent 70's classic.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of those 70's classics that i was so glad to see become available on dvd. The acting was excellent and the story line was very nice and the script was well written. Yaphett Kotto and Anthony Quinn gave a good performance. It was cool to see Paul Benjamin's character take out the mob guys at the end. Unfortunately, his partner's were brutally murdered early on in the film. This is one film i recommend having in your archives.Movie Review: ACROSS THE 110 STREET
Summary: 5 Stars
THIS CD IS A MUST ONLY FOR THE SONG ACROSS THE 110 STREET PERFORMED BY BOBBY WOMACK, A GREAT SONG. FOR THOSE THAT DON'T REMEMBER THIS SONG THIS THE SONG OF THE MOVIE "JACKIE BROWN". BUY THIS CD AND YOU WILL NEVER TIRE OF HEAR THIS SONG SPECIALLY, BESIDES OTHER NICE SONGS MADE THIS A GREAT CD.Movie Review: Across 110th Street
Summary: 4 Stars
When a dry-cleaner, a building superintendent, and a party animal decide to make a better life for themselves--split threeways--and dress up like cops to rip off $300 000 from the Mob, they don't exactly commit the perfect crime. The Mob sends its most sadistic enforcer, and some other violence-prone creeps, into Harlem to teach everyone across 110th Street that said street is a dividing line, not to be crossed. Meanwhile, Yaphet Kotto and Anthony Quinn play two detectives who have nothing but contempt for each other--but their job is to try and collar the three perps before the mobsters manage to hunt them down and eliminate them ("it's not about the money...it's about honor and respect").
Quinn's character, Mattelli, is a blatant racist and unapologetic bully, resorting to beatings and terror whenever he wants info. Kotto, as Pope, is more the stoic, silent--if slightly twitchy- type, who copes with his new partner as best he can, while occasionally losing his cool with the raging bull he's saddled with. The two barely communicate with each other as they follow the few leads they come up with that may point them to any of the fugitive trio, who have scattered in fear, but not enough to cover their tracks; the tension-filled silence between the two leads is as effective as most of the incendiary dialogue when they lash out at each other. I wish we could have learned more about Pope's background or personal life, so that Yaphet Kotto would have a bit more to do in the role (Quinn, the loudmouth, moans about his past and his personal problems enough so that, as vile as he is, we get to know more of what he's all about).
Then there's the action and violence, resulting mainly from the mobsters on a mission getting to their targets--or any unwilling informants that may know the names or whereabouts of the targets--before the cops. Anyone who gets shot instantly loses a quart of blood (though this is 1970's blood, which was apparently a different colour than today's blood). BLAM!--and it's like a hose is turned on. All shakedowns and roughings-up are painfully severe, and I'm just talking about Mattelli's handiwork. Fortunately, the violence sprays all over a wonderfully involving and serpentine plot that shifts smoothly from character to character; Quinn and Kotto almost step aside to let the bad guys take this movie hostage, and it works well. Not that they're contribution isn't riveting or relevant--the two detectives have the very best scene, as they both invade the office of a smirky gangster named Doc, who puts them in their place--but this film really belongs to Logart and Harris, two of the moneygrabbers turned murderers, as they hide, and then run, for their lives. For them, it's not the honor; it's definitely the money. Rich or dead, all the way. The fear only comes when--in the end--they each turn their final corner.
I thought the very last moment of the film was a bit senseless, although, thinking it over, I guess it counts as revenge. Besides that, it's all wickedly spot-on: the dialogue, the acting, the music, the pace, the plot, the costumes, the action...every scene is a treat.
Watch this with L.A. Confidential, or maybe Snatch.
Movie Review: As good a 70s cop movie as you can find
Summary: 4 Stars
An excellent police thriller from the 1970s that isn't hugely well known, Across 110th Street is definitely one you shouldn't miss. In a dingy Harlem apartment, two men disguised as cops take down a mafia bank, stealing $300,000 and killing seven men, including two cops, in the process. But fresh on their tails are the New York police looking to arrest the three men responsible and the mafia looking for revenge and to get their money back. The only question is can the police find the trio before the vengeful mafia does? Made in 1972 and filmed in New York, the movie has a realistic, gritty feel to it. This isn't super-cops taking on the world, it's a strong, well-told story about the changing times when it comes to crime and punishment and how race issues play into the investigation. Don't be confused though, this isn't a 'message' movie. There's good action and a ton of 70s style to go around.
Leading a strong ensemble cast, Anthony Quinn plays Captain Matelli, the NY police officer who's worked 33 years on the force and has seen the worst the city has to offer. He'll get the job done, even if its not the politically correct way. Yaphet Kotto is a strong counter to Matelli as Lt. Pope, an up-and-coming officer trying to do things by the book. Their methods differ and the confrontations grow, but at their most basic, Matelli and Pope want to get the crooks. Tony Franciosa is perfectly evil/slimy as Nick D'Salvio, the mafia enforcer gunning for the three robbers. Paul Benjamin leads the trio as Jim Harris, an ex-con with no money looking for a better life for his wife. It's a great part as Benjamin makes this character, a murderer/robber, a somewhat sympathetic person. The other two robbers include Ed Bernard as Joe Logart and Antonio Fargas (later Huggy Bear on Starsky and Hutch) as Henry J. Jackson.
The DVD has the movie in its widescreen presentation that looks good if somewhat grainy. The graininess adds to the mood so it's not a huge issue, the movie still works regardless of how clear the image is. A trailer is added as the only special feature. Don't miss this one if you're a fan of cop movies with a hint of blaxploitation thrown in. Check out Across 110th Street!