Hoodlum (Blu-ray) R
Power is measured in enemies.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 10 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: July 19, 2016
- Originally Released: 1997
- Label: Olive
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa Williams & Andy Garcia | |
Performer: | Cicely Tyson, Clarence Williams III, Chi McBride, Richard Bradford, William Atherton, Loretta Devine, Queen Latifah, Paul Benjamin, Mike Starr, Beau Starr & Ed O'Ross | |
Directed by | Bill Duke | |
Edited by | Harry Keramidas | |
Screenwriting by | Chris Brancato | |
Composition by | Elmer Bernstein | |
Produced by | Frank Mancuso, Jr. | |
Director of Photography: | Frank Tidy | |
Executive Production by | Bill Duke, Laurence Fishburne & Helen Sugland |
Entertainment Reviews:
...Mr. Fishburne is as coolly ruthless as Al Pacino's Michael Corleone in THE GODFATHER....Ms. Tyson is also memorable...
New York Times
...Duke has made a historical drama as much as a thriller...
Chicago Sun-Times
...Charging the action is an electric three-prong attack: Laurence Fishburne as magnetic Johnson, Tim Roth as a wonderfully no-class Schultz and Andy Garcia as a cool and cocky Luciano... -- 3 out of 4 stars
USA Today
Rating: 2.5/4 --
Impressively mounted if overly familiar gangster tale.
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Creative Loafing
A collection of elements rather than a distinct story, the film takes what should have been a fresh perspective on the genre and paints by numbers.
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Film Journal International
Rating: 3/4 --
This is a gangster movie in a sense, but it is also about free enterprise.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Rating: 2/4 --
This slow-going, talky film is in a constant struggle to hold the audience's interest.
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TheMovieReport.com
Product Description:
HOODLUM stars Laurence Fishburne in a powerful performance as Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson, the notorious Harlem gangster of the 1930s. Director Bill Duke mixes a sumptuous visual style with a message of black empowerment. Bumpy gets out of prison and goes to work for the Harlem numbers powerhouse known as Madam Queen (Cicely Tyson), bringing him into conflict with the psychopathic Dutch Schultz (Tim Roth), who is trying to take over the numbers racket in Harlem. As the blood flows through Harlem streets, those around Bumpy begin to question his methods-- and his morals.
Keywords:
Action
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Rivalry
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Organized Crime
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Race Relations
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True Story
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Social Issues
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Poverty
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Nostalgic
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Theatrical Release
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Crime