Staten Island

Staten Island

2009 · 96 min · EN · R · 6.1 (94 votes)
Dir. James DeMonaco · Starring Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Seymour Cassel, Julianne Nicholson, Ian Brennan, Michael Hogan · Music Frédéric Verrières
DramaActionThrillerCrime

Sully is desperate to give his unborn son the chance he never had. Jasper wants to escape the mobsters that have infiltrated his life and business. Parmie, a local mob boss, dreams of crushing the competition. All three men live in Staten Island, and once their lives intersect, nothing will ever be the same.

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A raw, unflinching look at working-class desperation and the suffocating grip of circumstance. It feels like a grim, character-focused crime drama where every decision carries heavy weight, set against a bleak, lived-in urban landscape.

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