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It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

I was expecting straight-to-video fodder here the kind you watch stupefied because it happened to be on late at night. It revealed itself to be a taut little thing that tries to create its own world.It was caught in the Tarantino craze so we have small talk about cartoons, movies and music peppered throughout. It has, eventually, a heist in animal masks gone awry that makes poor sense and cookie cutter resolutions where we drive around to settle scores with a bunch of characters that were left hanging so that it's all neat by the end.For a while it manages to strike some spark, most of it in the first half.A man who we understand is trying to be upstanding while everyone around him is fickle, but he has a blind spot for gambling. It's not about the money, for him it seems to be a warped way of measuring himself up against the universe, challenging the fates to pave whatever way they have in store so he can have a mandate to abide by. He makes a mess, owing everyone in town, but won't take the easy way out because a bet is a bet; opportunity for self-worth. So when the fates shuffle the deck and he's dealt the role of hapless stooge who loses everything, he goes through it with stoic persistence to settle debts. Ray Liotta is as good as he was for Scorsese in a similar twitchy role as fates conspire to crush him.It's no Asphalt Jungle where the heist is the ritual that opens us from anxiety to dreamlike visions, but it beats Reservoir Dogs.Noir Meter: 2/4 | Neo-noir or post noir? Neo

I don't understand what the hype is all about. This film had great potential but it rapidly fell apart near the ending. 4 corrupt cops, gambling addict, cheating behind backs, and stealing cash from the bad guys. Ray Liota can't live without his lucky lighter, somehow loses it and yes, of course, his luck quickly runs dry. Daniel Baldwin is the other problem. His acting was horrendous causing it be one of the main causes why this film failed in the short run. This could have been a great hit but it was summarized by 4 goof-ball cops that can't seem to hold it without making stupid mistakes. The plot of the story was very predictable.

A unique movie indeed which revolves around the life of a person who believes in luck. Usually people are divided into two groups: 1)those who believe in luck (the smart ones who really know what life is about) and 2)those who pretend to be smart and claim that they can make their own destiny. Phoenix is the movie which has the right answer for group 2.It is a brilliant story with brilliant acting from Liotta. The movie successfully manages to tackle the subject of luck and destiny without boring us. You can see it clearly that the actors are making their best to make you enjoy the movie and they all give you the taste of Scorcese's movies. You, at many points, in the movie feel as if you are watching Deniro and Pesci yet in a different context.I don't want to ruin the plot for you but you will definitely like this movie.

There's just one problem with this movie : it takes place in Arizona yet everyone seems to have a distinctive East Coast accent ... sorry, but most cops in Phoenix don't sound like they're from New Jersey. It seems that every actor in a gritty crime drama is required to have this gruff, Gothamesque 'Prince of the City' voice. (Incidentally, most of the lead actors are from the New York tri-state area ...) Of course, this is a minor flaw. Ray Liotta -- though typecast, unfortunately -- gives an intense, compelling performance as a gambling addict. This isn't his best role, by any means, but he is quite competent as usual. I always enjoy his work and he is undervalued, in my opinion. Still, in general, they could've made this movie a tad truer to the region without losing its edge.