Rockaway

Loved it! I rented it and then bought it!
It's not for everyone but I was positively surprised by this little B movie star!!! You definitely must have a sense of humor (the movie doesn't even try to take itself seriously), a bit of twisted humor, and if on top of that you like irony and actually enjoy suspending your disbelief, I think you will love this is a great little jewel!!! If you like Tarantino flicks, you ought to like this. Its almost like homage to Tarantino. One of the badguys is "JuJu", a popular Latino t.v. actor who was the reason I watched this. His performance was truly enjoyable and everyone I recommended this movie too loved him, even if they weren't into the Tarantinoesque violence xploitation. Its a revenge fantasy about a soldier who goes to combat in Afghanistan and then brings "war" to the streets of Coney Island. The violence is transformed into almost graphic novelesque depictions, so it isn't "gore". It is, however, rampant throughout. Not for the faint of heart. But I laughed like crazy throughout...

A quirky indi well worth watching
Always on the lookout for foreign indies, I rented this movie first, then, after seeing it, I bought it. The quirky, ironic, downright surreal dialogues, especially those involving "bad guy" JuJu, kept me laughing. The bizarre humor is clearly intentional. This movie does not take itself too seriously, and often lovingly mocks the genre to which it is an homage. Some of the cinematography, the converstations between characters, and the graphic-novel-type violence reminded me of Tarantino's work. Yes, it's a revenge story that's already been done, but what hasn't? Yes, it is graphically violent, but in a rather Dali-esque way. The characters, and especially the performance by Mario Cimarro, the Cuban telenovela star known to many Latino viewers, who plays JuJu, elevate this B film to something special and well worth watching. More than once. Cimarro, as JuJu, is superb in his portrayal of a rather complex, yet oddly likable, even sensitive, bad guy.

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'ROCKAWAY' ROCKS!!!!!!!!!
As a rule I don't advocate violent movies but I have to make an exception with `Rockaway.' Not only will you be impressed with Mario Cimarro's acting but as the feared drug lord character JuJu he'll have you in stitches. As he gives orders to kill and in the same order tells his goons to be careful! Keep their eyes on the road and not touch any buttons in his car. You find yourself hoping he does a complete turn around and become one of the good guys.

The movie is packed with lots of actions as a soldier is send home from Pakistan after they give him the news that his wife had been murdered by the drug mafia. One by one and single-handedly the brave soldier takes them down.

I highly recommend this movie; you won't be sorry....

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