In early-1980s Portsmouth, the Calvario family is reigning over the crime-ridden city. After a long-desired promotion, Russ must hope that luck is on his side in dealing with his new responsibilities, his ex-wife, and a loose cannon partner.
Reviews
Good story, Not enough for a whole film
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.