Poolhall Junkies

This has to be the best movie based on the game of pool. The storyline was awesome and actors in movie made this a really good movie.A++++++++... Full review

is the guy really gonna use the graphite when hes playin for 80k!i love pool so i liked the movie but come on.the brother is more than annoying to me.im down with the red head,shes very decent.that merv guy and the... Full review

This movie was one of those movies that catches your eye when you looking for something at the movie store. And when you get it home you don't expect much because you didn't here anything about. Then after you watch it,... Full review

The acting in this movie good but it could have been better. The real reason i watched this was because of the pool being played. It's awesome to watch them play pool. Chazz is great in this movie. I've always liked... Full review

"Poolhall Junkies" is about the game of pool and hustling. And, it all sucked. Don't get me wrong here, "Poolhall Junkies" is just pointless, and dumb. I think that this was one of those movies that are really praised but not.... Full review

don't watch it. whoever has recommended it was either somehow involved in the production or is intentionally steering you to some cheese for their own personal aggrandizement. if you fall for that, then i recommend to you, 'chuck and buck'.... Full review

I've always said you can save any movie by casting Christopher Walken and giving him a decent monologue or two. I liked this movie alot. TO me it was like ROunders but with worse actors and about pool instead of hold... Full review

love it i'm a room owner in n.c whens this movie coming out? gerry Mickey Milligans billiards great for the industry... Full review

I really didn't expect much of this movie by the title and the previews. I figured it would just be another gambling/crime movie that I'd forget in an hour. But it actually turned out to be a solid movie. Kudos to... Full review

The mere fact that this movie entertained me despite being almost entirely set in a pool hall warrants at least a certain measure of praise. Was it great? No. Was it entertaining? Yes. This movie has found it's home amidst the... Full review

Yet Poolhall Junkies ' biggest failing is....it doesn't convey the simple pleasures of hanging out with the guys.....Unfortunately, Callahan can't walk the walk or talk the talk --.... ... Full Review

So he gives a knowingly campy performance that belongs in a much better film than this one. Perhaps the film's only saving grace is that it's overwhelmingly hilarious in its ineptitude. ... Full Review

It doesn't take a mastermind to think up an enjoyable pool movie;....Rod Steiger's swan song is a beauty;....Poolhall Junkies is a brassy bit of entertainment that makes up in hard-boiled showmanship what it lacks in subtlety.....all you need are a few tough-guy actors, dialogue you can smash concrete with, a dozen or so dazzling trick shots lined up.... ... Full Review

Anyone making any movie should have seen at least 2,000 of the best and ideally 5,000. Everything involving them puts fresh chalk on "Poolhall Junkie's" cues. In little more than a cameo role's time, Nick becomes more interesting than Johnny. ... Full Review

Poolhall Junkies has an age old tried and true story line, yes, but director Mars Callahan had the great fortune of gathering Walken, Palminteri, Rick Schroder and dearly departed Rod Steiger for this electric film. That's a whole lot harder than it sounds, and it's thanks to the caliber of Callahan's whole ensemble of actors (down to "Danny's" goofy cohorts) that truly makes this film delightful. ... Full Review

It can be fairly argued that enthusiasm for subject matter goes a long way in filmmaking, but it seldom trumps lack of inspiration. Poolhall Junkies , a low-budget but good looking affair from director / co-writer / actor Gregory "Mars"... ... Full Article

Johnny (Mars Callahan) was a pool hustler, one of the best, until he discovered how his manager Joe (Chazz Palminteri) had ruined his life. He left Joe in the hands of some heavy-duty drug dealers and split the scene. ... Full Article

In "Poolhall Junkies" someone always seems to be telling the young pool shark played by Mars Callahan that he's a natural. "You have the ability to be the best," growls the owner of a local pool hall, a pugnacious old-timer ... Full Article

If it's hard to make a Western without John Wayne , it's even tougher to film a pool hall flick without Paul Newman - as "Poolhall Junkies" proves. This indie film - directed by, co-written by and starring Mars Callahan ... Full Article

Hawking its genre clichés as if they were newly minted aperçus, Poolhall Junkies is low-grade billiard porn that earnestly believes in its own transparent hustle. ... Full Article

small and obscure pool hustler drama with a cast featuring Christopher Walken, Chazz Palminteri, and the late Rod Steiger sounds like a hustle all its own, more obvious than the old four-balls-off-the-table routine. ... Full Article