AJDSTYLE

This movie does what very few films can, it's slick, smart and funny. Marked by great gun play, shot beautifully with great sfx. It's at once bloodily violent and absolutely hilarious the next. The performances are ultra cool with a great Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid relationship between the protagonists; Dale(Scoot Mcnairy) & Reece(Jim Thalman). This film-making team, led by GS Smith, who's bold story telling style is reminiscent of a young Tarantino is one to be on the look out for. There's a sequence in the film, during a weapons deal, where the buyer (Judd Laurence) brings his mentally retarded nephew to the deal, and what is an ultra dangerous moment, then turns ultra hilarious, with dialog like "who brought the retard" these men are so morally bankrupt, but you love them none-the-less because they just don't care, and in the blink of an eye, the situation becomes deadly with bullets flying and brains splattering. It's really a credit to the director that he can achieve the balance of danger and humor. Very few can.

This film, is so slick, so criminally intelligent. It's the first time I've seen Roman soldiers portrayed as men, with all the fear & conflicted, nuanced, detailed emotions of men who are about to over throw the government. It brings to light the birth of Mafia. How a generation of Field Officers whom are loyal to each other and not the glory of Rome swear an allegiance that will make them either Enemies of the State or the most powerful men the world has ever seen. The depth and emotional range of these characters is nothing shy of superb and instead of men touting the glories of war and the virtues of honor, they are a vicious lot of criminals that you root for every step of the way, men whom you would not want to cross, but definitely would want on your side in the worst of battles, these are men that I believed could forge an Empire, the old way, the ways of Mafia. THIS FILM IS A FRANCHISE WAITING TO HAPPEN