you would not see many movie team with this much humanity and much less one that spend most of it time in the housing project of east new york and brooklyn . filmmaker rich devaney isn not condescend or sentimental but even the most minor character in his film be flesh into real human being . that devaney first achievement in this movie . the second be that he tell the story of a conflicted criminal trafficking in some mean street and he do it without rip off scorsese for one second . devaney get great performance from his cast and he tell a powerful story without show off the superb technique he clearly have and he give you memorable image without a huge art department frame them and light them and stuff them into your skull . brooklyn bound be evidence of that rare quality in a filmmaker talent to spare and minus the ego . and the movie shine brighter for it .