Released in 2005, this film stars Arthur J. Nascarella, Christian Maelen and Candice Coke - but in order to cash in on The Sopranos connection, the DVD box features only Maelen, Frank Vincent (Phil Leotardo) and Vincent Pastore (Salvatore 'Big Pussy' Bonpensiero). Both Vincent's and Pastore's roles are so minor in this film.
Ace Frehley (guitarist for Kiss) also plays a minor role - why isn't he on the cover?
The storyline: A group of coke-loving friends get lost in the drugs after one of them is mysteriously shot to death. Nascarella plays the tough cop who, while looking for the gunman, also deals with his own vice.
I'll admit it - I picked up this movie because of Soprano's withdraw. I wanted to see what else the actors had done. And I wanted to see Ace do some acting. I met him a few years ago in a New York nightclub - he was trashed and incoherent.... so his role in this film was hardly a stretch.
The film is slow for the first half, but comes together in the end. It's the last 15 minutes or so that really surprised me. Most of the movie is just a back-and-fourth of snorting lines of coke and verbal fighting. A few punches are thrown and we get some gratuitous nudity.
A lot of the details are skipped and just assumed. For example - one character overdoses but we only get to see his body after the cops find him. We didn't even get a dramatic scene of the character sitting down to start the session. That was kinda lame.
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