movie review - Made
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-eight years and a million words
Vancouver, 2002.01.12
This is a Jon Favreau flick. He wrote it and stars in it (along with Vince Vaughn). Favreau is a wannabe boxer and they're both construction workers serving an LA mobster (played with uncanny skill by Peter Falk). When they get the chance to get into the 'bigs' as goons for Falk, they jump at the chance to do a job in NYC.
So they set off. Vaughn's "Ricky" simply cannot control his mouth or his insecurities, and hell starts breaking out. Eventually, everything falls apart. The final scenes are where it all comes together, of course, and it does so in quite a surprising fashion. Definately worth watching.
Recommended.