Film
Movie theaters, reviews and showtimes in Chicago, plus articles, trailers and more
- Home
- Box Office
- Listings
- Trailers
- Features
Bookmark this page- Edition:
Throwing Down (1995)
Director: Lawrence O'Neil
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A quirky genre piece, from a first-time director, about a couple of New York hoods - Scorsese exiles - bickering their way through a drugs scam which takes them to a West Virginia ratshack. The handheld, improvisational feel inspires loose, funny performances from Pinassi and Donovan, but the crummy soundtrack, lazy violence and inconsistent tone are major drawbacks, and it wasn't a great idea to pin the climax on a (late) mail delivery.Author: TCh
Cast & crew
Director: Lawrence O'Neil
Producer: David Schaye
Cast: Colleen Werthmann, Kevin Pinassi, Jeffrey Donovan, Timothy Wheeler, Scott Shepherd full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 90 mins
Most popular on this site
Features
Gray's anatomy
James Gray wants to push buttons—again.
The next big thing?
Gigantic Releasing tries to rethink indie distribution…without movie theaters.
Red Diva: Lyubov Orlova, First Lady of Soviet Cinema
So you think you can dance, comrade?
Puppet master
Coraline director Henry Selick takes stop-motion animation into 3-D.
Socratic method
Laurent Cantet's approach on the set matches the message of his film.
Wander woman
Kelly Reichardt's Wendy and Lucy puts a Bush-era spin on the road movie.
Oscars
Read our interviews with the nominees, our reviews of the nominated films and more.
What do you think?
Post your review now