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Set during a heat wave Brooklyn summer and populated with the sort of characters that call their boozy mother "Ma" and fret about their "turf," one can safely pinpoint director Scott Kalvert's influences in creating this hammy mishmash of clichs and Gen X cameos: The Outsiders (1983), West Wide Story (1961), The Lords of Flatbush (1974) and even The Godfather (1972). Unfortunately for the director and his cast, brimming as it is with fresh-faced early-21st century talent anachronistically thrust into the stereotypes of pulp drama from four decades earlier, the material lacks the punch, resonance and audacity of its forbears. Sappy dialogue, an overabundance of characters (some of whom appear and disappear seemingly at random) and an instantly forgettable crisis (connect the dots between a drug overdose, a turf war, a rape and a dysfunctional family feud at your peril), and the flick ends up playing as a desperate wannabe, simultaneously leeching from its betters and pleading to be taken as seriously as they. Only Brad Renfro, in the role of a dough-faced hothead in need of some serious anger management and impulse control therapy, seems to "get" the Z-grade tone of the material here and plays the bejeesus out of his hilariously lunkheaded role with extra relish. But lead Stephen Dorff comes off as simply befuddled, unable to seem convincing even when making out with sexy Sopranos starlet Drea de Matteo, while Matt Dillon slums in what amounts to essentially a cameo role that may be meant to remind us of his glory days. Deuces Wild (2002) should provide some nice highlights for Renfro's clip reel but otherwise it's a bore. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

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Most helpful customer reviews   1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: The Best Greaser Gang Movie Ever, May 23 2002 By  Brock Potvin (Interlochen, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews I was blown away by this movie! It is so realistic, and the historical view of gangs in the 50s is dead on. Me being a second generation greaser from a big city, I could really appreciate and identify with this movie because there were things in the movie that were similiar to what my dad always told me being a greaser was like back then. I have always been into these films because they represent the culture I grew up around. I would recommend this film to anyone into the 50's,or greaser gangs. Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   no more west side story comparisons,please!!, Feb 20 2005 By  jeff dice (portland,maine,usa.) - See all my reviews when i heard about DEUCES WILD back in late 1999 early 2000,i was elated at the prospect of there finally being another 50's/early 60's type of street gang melodrama on the horizon. yet,of course,because of the 9/11 incident in new york,the a-holes in hollywood decided to push back its release for quite a while,so i had to be content with the occasional promo photo in random movie magazines. finally the movie came out without much fanfare,alas it was also the 'spiderman' weekend,and also the innocuos 'lord of the rings' was in theatres as well that weekend,but luckilly that meant i was in the movie theatre with just myself,my girl and about ten other people. i thought the movie was excellent,great costumes,great cars,great period music,great locations,good yet hammy acting,gorgeous leading ladies,stylized violent rumble scenes,cheezy yet touching overacted scenes between familys,decent period detail. yet then the reviews started coming in,and everybody who had ever had freshmen english or drama class compared it annoyingly to west side story,a 1961 singing and dancing musical,when they should have made comparisons to another tho far superior 1961 gang film,john frankenhiemer's black and white opus,'the young savages',or even to photographer bruce davidson's late 50's photo essay,'brooklyn gang' or even the short comic story in the late 70's underground comic,'50's funnies',called,'turf',about a gang in the 50's fighting with another gang who wanted drugs in the neiborhood and who had mob backing and a character was even named marco.....awfully convenient dont you think? anyways,while this movie was'nt as good as 'the young savages','lords of flatbush' or 'the wanderers',to name but a few,but it was a hundred times better than the wimpy 'west side story' could ever be. i dont know if this review helps,but the leads in this film were really good,stephen dorf,brad renfro,drea dematteo,faruiza balk,matt dillon,normon reedus and james franco putting in good performances......also i liked the fact that they did,nt over saturate the film with to much music from the past,it was just the right amount,very good choices of songs by 'dion and the belmonts','jerry butler and the impressions','the valentines','dee clark' and a few others. and of course,faruiza balk and drea dematteo,tho a little long in the tooth to be playing teenagers,looked absolutely scrumptiuos. Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   0 of 1 people found the following review helpful: save your money, April 13 2004 By  sizlak (Indiana) - See all my reviews Unless you like cheesey, poorly written, poorly acted, and poorly executed movies save yourself the money. If you just have to have a nostaglia trip, get The Outsiders instead Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) Share your thoughts with other customers:  › See all 25 customer reviews...		Most recent customer reviews just ok .... far from great , but not awful Well like most others have commented yes the basic plot of the movie has been too many times to count . Read more Published on Jan 9 2004 SO BAD IT'S GOOD This movie has many, many flaws. Fairuza Balk is way too old to be playing a teenager dating (portly) Brad Renfro; the dialogue is totally corny; and the camera work is awful... Read more Published on Nov 8 2003 by steendean EYE CANDY I loved Deuces Wild. The cast was out-standing and it was well-written. It didn't leave out the little and most important things that most movies do. Read more Published on Jul 28 2003 by Bethany Johnson Not as good as other movies of this type Deuces Wild is a fairly standard street gang movie, set in the early 1960's. While it isn't horrible, neither is it good or a movie I can overly recommend. Read more Published on Jul 3 2003 WEST UNION CITY 510 ONE OF THE BEST TEEN-GANG MOVIEZ I HAVE EVER SEEN. THIS MOVIE IZ TIGHT!GREAT ACTING,DERICTING,AND WRITING. A GREAT SOUNDTRACK AND NICE CARS. Read more Published on Jun 21 2003 Terrible! Cliche' City Stephen Dorff has outdone himself again with the bad movies. DW was full of tired cliches'. There wasn't one thing they said or did in this film that hasn't happened a thousand... Read more Published on Jun 21 2003 "Gangs Of New York" My father was a gang member in 1956 Queens, New York. He told me stories about Zipguns and bats he used for protection. Read more Published on May 5 2003 by Kevin Thomas Interesting Cast Terribly Wasted in Banal Story If you have seen "The Basketball Diaries" starring Leonardo DiCaprio (and Mark Wahlberg aka "Marky Mark"), and imagine the storyline like "West Side Stories," then you get the... Read more Published on Mar 6 2003 by Tsuyoshi "West Side Story" with violence Though DEUCES WILD could basically be written off as WEST SIDE STORY with violence and profanity in place of music this is actually quite a good movie. Read more Published on Mar 4 2003 by BD Ashley gratuitous garbage West Side Story with more blood and less ballet. There are two street gangs -- the Deuces and the Vipers -- in 1950s Brooklyn and they have long established their "turf" and the... Read more Published on Feb 5 2003 by Saima Huq Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews › See all 25 customer reviews...

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