Knockaround Guys

Now a days...there are movies that are just all over the place....when i was younger....i used to sit down with my father and watch movies like this....sort of like mafia movies and action movies....which was enjoyable....this is a classic because there... Full review

When the charatcers are in trouble or depressed you feel anxious or depressed. This is a very deep, well written movie about life in the mafia when things goes wrong.... Full review

This is another of those films I thought was great the first time, so-so on the second. Overall, it got high marks - at least on the first viewing - because it's an entertaining film that doesn't overstay its welcome... Full review

this was a very unexpected good movie. when i heard vin diesel was in this movie i thought uh-oh. but then i saw it and i think this is his best performance ever. there was great story, and a great sense... Full review

This is one of those movies that you could watch over and over again. The plot is in pretty good detail and the movie mixes humor and action. Vin Diesal is crazy in this movie and it is one of his... Full review

Pretty good movie, i hope & wish it's realistic. Tells about what life could be like for a kids who there father & family run something like a mob in the movie. Acting was alright but the visuals were so good.... Full review

Berry Pepper, Vin Deisel, Seth Green and more in this great action flic! I didn't expect what I got, it was great! Seth Green's character was the best but (ooh if I wrote here what I was thinking of writing I... Full review

It got off to a slow start. Then towards the middle it picks up and starts to get intresting. Some people get knocked around. It was a good movie to see. I enjoyed it. The ending is great. I liked the... Full review

The movie came out very briefly in South Africa and therefore I did not get a chance to see it until this weekend (8 August 2003).It was really good... the point of view was from a very different angle... I thought... Full review

I thought that Knockaround Guys was a good movie. It's no Godfather or Goodfellas, but all the actors played their characters and made them believable. I hope more movies come out like this one...I love gangster movies!... Full review

Knockaround Guys is far from a bad film....or at least, it doesn't live up to the talent involved..... ... Full Review

Though better than the average action drama, the experience is ultimately about as memorable as a Quarter Pounder.....What could have been a deft bridge between gangster flick and western has failed to transcend the generic bounds....Equally potted with daggy spots and moments of savvy fun, the excellent young cast can't save this film from itself..... ... Full Review

Pepper takes the lead, the good-hearted son of a crimelord (Hopper, reliable as ever) who begs his dad for one last crack at making it in the Mob. So its by-the-numbers stuff, with scripter/helmers Brian Koppelman and David Levien letting their big guns blaze their usual trails: Diesel growls, Hopper scowls, Mobster Malkovich tries another wonky accent, Green does funny and Pepper looks serious. ... Full Review

But by the time that thought might dawn on moviegoers, they should be well on their way to the exits, perhaps wishing that they had waited until ''Knockaround Guys'' turned up as a free attraction on television. The action is bloody and brutal. ... Full Review

Their movie is handsome looking Knockaround Guys is entertaining in small spurts What we have here are a group of talented actors faking accents and trying to make us believe people should be afraid of what they represent. ... Full Review

Who's to say what motivates an actor? Why do they chose one role over another? For money? Fame? Awards? While there's never a way to know if that movie will turn out the way you thought it would -if that... ... Full Article

And why not? For those of us who secretly believe that gangster movies are the only ones worth making - despite our obsequious lip service to Truffaut and Antonioni - the timing could not be better. ... Full Article

John Malkovich puts a gun in the hands of a 13-year-old boy in the opening scene of Knockaround Guys and asks him to kill a bleeding fat guy tied to a chair. ... Full Article

Later this month, New Line is bringing two long-delayed movies to DVD. Knockaround Guys languished on their shelves for a couple months shy of two years, and if not for the success that stars Vin Diesel ( The Fast and... ... Full Article

Dennis Hopper may not be the wild man he once was, but he still has plenty to say. About to leave for Australia where he will be starring as Frank Sinatra in a new Aussie film, Hopper talks to Paul... ... Full Article

October 11, 2002 - The Fall movie season is officially upon us. And there are a ton of new films going into nationwide and limited release this weekend! ... Full Article