I london lesbian And Gay Film Festival Now in its ninth year. Even kids who enjoyed the Home Alone level of mayhem might not take to the Arrrerican sentiment and unnecessary low humour here. this time going for a bunch of smug brats who leave a trail of destruction behind them.
director Spheeris does another TV remake. capturing in almost sepia tones the disillusionment and moral disintegration of this immigrant family in their musty home. he triggers events that lead to inevitable tragedy. Despised by his father and idolised by his brother. whose latest assignment brings him back into contact with his family. Roth plays a hitman for the Russian Jewish mafia in New York. It's good to see that the director has finally got over the all-style-no- content obstacle. editing and its boldness in story and theme. ice cool hitman Leon finds himself looking after the sole survivor - twelve-year-old Mathilde. When his neighbour's family is wiped out by crooked cops on a bungled drugs bust. with the effect that it ends by lurching from one tragedy to the next. A bit like a coming- of-age tale for a nation. to the beginning of modern American society. Legends covers the period from the end of the Old West. their domineering father and the women they all love. A sweeping epic that follows three brothers. Of personal identity through intense sextral contact.
