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Showing posts with label east side kids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label east side kids. Show all posts

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Kid Dynamite (1943)

An American crime drama directed by Wallace Fox.
A rivalry between gang members is started by a misunderstanding and gets coumpounded by each sequential event.
Whatever. I shouldn't even watch The East Side Kids anymore. Every film is the same, with stupid Muggs going berserk over trifles and the rest of the gang catering to his every whim, except Danny. Danny is the good boy who doesn't fall in line with gangsters, but with society and government instead. All the characters, plots, styles... You get the picture. This is the last one of these I'm watching. I rate it poor because I watched the whole thing painlessly. Not Recommended.

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941)

An American crime drama directed by Wallace Fox.
East Side Kids #6. While police and gangsters surround the lives of a group of young men in New York City, one of them tries to be a prize fighting boxer.
I thought the plot was minimal and most of the film turned out to be filler. There were also too many characters, which were necessitated by all of the filler sub-plots, but had no impact on the actual storyline. The style was very similar to the original East Side Kids film and the pacing was just as quick. The audio had some muffled sections and the video was a little blurry at spots, but I could hear and see everything that was going on. I rate this poor because it was alright technically, but I didn't really like it and thought there was too much filler. The original East Side Kids was much better and if you're interested in this kind of film, that is the one to watch.

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

East Side Kids (1940)

An American crime drama directed by Robert F. Hill.
A young gang member's brother is in jail and sentenced to be executed for a crime that he did not commit. A cop tries to put together a club to keep kids off the street and real gangsters are around running a counterfeit money scheme.
The plot was complex and there were lots of characters. Some of the characters turned out to be lying and had hidden agendas. The pace was quick and the style was very '40s. I think that it was made alright, but I just didn't really like it. I know I've seen gangsters and cops with a boys' club before. I'm rating this o.k. You can make up your own mind whether to watch it or not.