No Way Home

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No Way Home ★★ 1996 (R)

Joey (Roth), who's mentally a little slow, returns to his tough Staten Island neighborhood after being paroled from prison. He goes to live with his low-level drug dealer older brother Tommy (Russo) and Tommy's wife, Lorrain (Unger), who's not too happy about the situation—at first. But Joey's basically a decent guy and Lorrain begins to respond to his consideration. Meanwhile, desperate Tommy's in debt to a loan shark and his behavior may once again find Joey taking the rap for his brother's misdeeds. The story's predictable but the cast definitely rises above the material. 101m/C VHS, DVD . Catherine Kellner, Joe Ragno, Tim Roth, James Russo, Deborah Kara Unger; D: Buddy Giovinazzo; W: Buddy Giovinazzo; C: Claudia Raschke; M: Ricky Giovinazzo.

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