This Is Who I Am (2012)
Nick Romano is a young Italian American fighting his own personal demons. He's got a chip on his shoulder and a lot to prove. Teamed with his crazy but always loyal partner Carlo, the two small time hoods are on the streets trying to hustle and make a living. Nick fits in well with this fast underworld lifestyle that he's been caught up in, however this lifestyle has caused a riff between Nick and his girlfriend Vanessa. Nick fights to not lose his loved ones, while trying to stay in good grace with the very powerful local crime boss. All the while, still trying to figure out who he is in life. Written by Nino Cimino
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I love this movie so much
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I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
AMERICAN MOBSTER is a cheap little gangster flick from Florida, made on a tiny budget. It's a film that's content to go through the usual motions in terms of plot and character, involving a couple of street-level hoodlums who get involved in a life-or-death struggle with figures higher up the mafia chain. Room-bound conversations and cheap staging are the order of the day here and cliches abound. A couple of old-time actors in the form of Robert Miano and Frank Stallone play in support but this is mostly low rent and unengaging.
This is who I am, aka American Mobster, tells the story of Nick Romano, a dapper thug from Miami. Nick has problems with his girlfriend and other gangsters. Nick wants to be a nicer kind of thug, and wants to keep his girl, but one thing leads to another and...well, you know, a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. The actors in this film are all graduates of the Martin Scoresleezy school of acting, most having majored in Italian thug mimicry, but maybe they actually flunked. The star who portrays Nick, by the way, is also the writer and producer. There is no acting ability displayed on the screen, the action sequences are really cheesy, the fighting and blood shed look about as fake as you can get. I couldn't give away the plot because the movie has none. I often marvel at how money is wasted in the entertainment industry, and this film is a good example.