Vig (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Vig |
| Original title | Vig |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1998 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Graham Theakston |
| script | Paul Hapenny |
| production | F. Miguel Valenti |
| music | Colin Towns |
| camera | Sarah Cawley |
| cut | Alan Jones |
| occupation | |
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Vig (alternatively: Money Kings ) is an American drama from 1998 . Directed by Graham Theakston and written by Paul Hapenny .
action
Vinnie runs a betting shop in which the Mafia is involved. He respects his customers. The bosses consider him too good-natured and criticize the slowdown in business. Tony, who is related to a mafia boss, takes over part of the management.
Vinnie accepts bets from the indebted and most recently unemployed customer Frankie for a maximum of five dollars so that Frankie does not gamble away all of his money. Tony accepts a bet from the man for several thousand dollars. Frankie's wife, Marybeth, reaches out to Vinnie after discovering that her vacation pay has gone. Vinnie finds out that Tony accepted the money, but did not enter the bet - in the hope of being able to collect the money. This upsets Tony's uncle as well as the top boss of the mafia organization.
Tony harasses Marybeth, who he demands to pay off her husband's gambling debts. This displeases Vinnie, who takes action against it.
Reviews
Brian Webster wrote in the Apollo Movie Guide that the film showed that Peter Falk was a talented actor and could do more than play Columbo . The performance of Lauren Holly was " surprisingly convincing ". The action is predictable; some of the representations are " less than spectacular ". Timothy Hutton plays the role of Frankie in a " superficial stereotype " ( " shallow stereotype ") way. One of the weaknesses are the film sets - most of the action takes place in a bar and in various interiors. Overall, the film is " slightly better " than the comparable films and the viewer does not have the feeling that he has wasted the time.
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was a " crime film with a poor plot development, which found no salvation even in the deadly finale ". The only thing that makes him “ entertaining ” is the performance of the “ good-humored main actor Peter Falk ”.
The magazine TV direkt 26/2007 praised the representations by Peter Falk and Lauren Holly.
backgrounds
The film was in Brooklyn ( New York City ) and in New Jersey turned.
Web links
- Vig in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Vig at rotten tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Film review by Brian Webster, accessed on December 18, 2007 ( Memento of the original from December 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Vig in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on December 18, 2007
- ↑ TV direkt 26/2007, page 34
- ^ Filming locations for Vig, accessed December 18, 2007
