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Good movie but grossly overrated

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

(This review was deleted by IMDb based on an abuse report filed by another user) Come on people what is going on? so many real bad films, 2012 is really going down as the year for really really bad B grade crappy films, and this one is up there with the worst, or should that be the best of the worst? The acting is as wooden as a stick, and I am convinced their was no director on set! The script tries way to hard with lots of profanity, a clear sign of a low quality production. It does star two know faces we have seen before on the big screen, and they clearly stand out as the real actors, the rest are very forgettable.I love a good gangster film, but this ain't one of them, it is just another poor attempt to get your money.Don't watch this, as life is just to short, 1 out of 10!UPDATE!!! as per IMDb stats 25 out of 55 voters gave this film a 10! what does that tell you? it rates higher then The Godfather, rates higher then Goodfellas, get my drift, they are scammers or worked on this film! VOTE THIS CRAP DOWN PEOPLE, that way we might stamp this crap out!

Just watched Kamal Ahmed's 1000 Times More Brutal and must say how real I thought it was despite some questions I had until I gave it a little more thought. The film starts in a nightmarish film noir style where the lead (David Dastmalchian) runs towards the camera under the sound of a heart beating. He says "There's nothing in this world more personal than murder." This opening surprised me because I thought it was different than the normal low budget gangster film. Without giving too much away,one of the questions I had was why would the three protagonists go downstairs to a certain death awaiting them at a Albanian bar. My answer was,they weren't too smart and proved it throughout the film. The Albanian mobster they met,was magnificently played by former Soprano star Fedrico Castelluchio and did such a dead on Albanian accent,my Albanian girlfriend swore he was Albanian (I checked, he's 100% Italian) My next question was,how did the lead actor shoot his antagonist at a illegal gangster poker game,downstairs in the bowels of some broken down building? Well,a friend reminded me the antagonist (Peter Greene) was only an associate of the mob and not John Gotti,so he wouldn't have bodyguards and anyone there,would be looking out for their own safety. My friend also reminded me illegal poker games like that get robbed all the time,so it's somewhat believable. All in all,there's plenty of gritty scenes and realistic views of that NYC gangster lifestyle in 1000 TIMES MORE BRUTAL that don't romance or glorify it. I found it an interesting movie.

Brutal... I saw this film at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood a few weeks back... In all honesty, One of the coolest indie gangster films I've saw since the "Drive" premier at Cannes two years ago... It has a gritty New York feel... The story itself is something realistic, the acting is grade A which tells me the director really new what he was doing with this one! I was happy to see that you don't need all the Hollywood BS. effects and extras to have a good indie film stand strong. This film has proved to me that film making is still an art and can be done successfully without millions of dollars and Hollywood studios behind it. Los Angeles may be the capitol of film making but New York is on the rise.

OK, great concept of a film, no denying that, but even with the occasional good actors thrown in, there are small details that ruin it in my personal opinion.Lets take the moment at around 21 minutes into the film...Massive guy struggles to light his cigar...Have the film crew never heard of cigar cutters?Prior to that, the mob would not even entertain meeting a nobody in public, period, not to mention have the patients of a saint to listen to so called nobody. They always want proof of tale, not to mention proof of who is talking to that, a pat down is not enough to tell if someone is wired for example.Im halfway through the film as I write this, so will add more as and when I can. If you want that is?