i can never tell where one torture end and the other begin . extremely depress parable of human misery and poverty and and drug addiction on the rot and deteriorate street of staten island where we follow a day in the life of a deeply troubled vietnam vet who may or may not have slaughter an entire village during that conflict and how such horrifying memory torment him . the urban squalor and his own life difficulty ( . find a job and be evict and deal with a pushy and constantly bitch wife and a hungry handicapped infant and owe money to drug pusher ) resemble the nightmarish terror of his past in the war . his descent into madness will more than likely leave you truly unsettle and repulse and it not a pretty picture at all . ricky giovinazzo and a the vet who roam throughout the decay filthy street and be unforgettable in the lead . director buddy giovinazzo paint a very distressing and uncompromising portrait of an urban hell where the undesirable wander in an aimless and squalid existence thanks to a country that have abandon them . the final ten or so minute and once ricky g use a stolen gun that have fall from a woman purse he have lift ( . she have steal it from a dead junkie ) and will probably and unless you have an incredible tolerance for disturb behavior and stun even the most hardened viewer into silence . the added vietnam war footage ( . propose by team troma producer kaufman and herz ) actually enhance the film and i think . a definite word of warning and the film final minute contain brutal act of truly destructive violence of an unpleasant nature . besides the final scene and there a very troubling sequence where a sick junkie and unable to find specific drug paraphernalia and open a sore on his arm with an extended coat hanger so he can pour heroine into his system for a fix . the film feature ricky g meeting such people a a young girl be use by a pimp a a hooker ( . this scumbag be the type who order them around and often resort to slap among other act of violence to keep his girl in line ) and and a drug pusher with two thug who abuse junky for kick ( . what happen to these foul miscreant will probably be meet with applause ) . the grit and grime and graffiti and garbage of the unflattering staten island location choose for the film leave a lasting impression of hopelessness and dispair . the diseased baby ( . a victim of ricky g effect from agent orange ) be truly a haunting creation ( . it whine especially grate ) and the squib use when the gun violence erupts ( . not to mention the bloody carnage of torn apart corps in the vietnam scene ) be quite impressive consider the very miniscule budget .