The read
Audiences rate it 39 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,035 1990s action movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
When the New York journalist Jake Bridges catches his girlfriend with another guy, he goes to Atlantic City to drink himself to oblivion. He is saved from a bar brawl by a small-time mobster Frankie, and Jake falls in love with Frankie's girlfriend Melissa. Jake soon also joins Frankie in his money-collecting duties.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes20%
Audiences rate it 39 points higher than critics do.
27 audience votes
Key crew
- Jeff CelentanoDirector
- Larry GrossScreenplay
Cast
- William L. PetersenJake Bridges
- Michael WincottFrankie McGregor
- Diane LaneMelissa
- Kevin GageWard
- R. Lee ErmeyJerry
- Meat LoafLew Collins
- Musetta VanderGrace
- John FleckWillis
- Badja DjolaAbel
- Natalie CanerdayJan
- Jesse DabsonBernard
- Tera HendricksonJenny
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Themes
infidelityjournalistmobsterneo-noir