As the product of a broken home, Scarface took to the streets and pursued the criminal lifestyle: committing theft, robbery, and becoming heavily involved in narcotics. (slickstermagazine.com)
Inspired by true events, At Close Range follows Sean Penn's Brad Whitewood Jr. as he's drawn into his estranged father's (Christopher Walken's Brad Whitewood Sr.) criminal lifestyle - with problems ensuing as Brad Jr. becomes more and more aware of his old man's sinister nature. (reelfilm.com)
Loaded with bursts of brutality and a whole lot of Catholic guilt, Mean Streets follows Charlie (Harvey Keitel), a young man who wants to be good but is pulled towards a criminal lifestyle by his loan shark uncle, and his pain - in - the - ass best friend Johnny Boy (a very young, very wild Robert De Niro). (slashfilm.com)