ho ho ho and what a load of crap this film turn out to be . watch this with my family i come up with the line i be look for joey nova a a run joke throughout the movie . say it with that deep italian and new york accent and you will understand the attraction a a central theme in the film . rob de niro play a age cop look for joey nova ( james franco ) and a young junkie with an terribly predictable connection to the cop . the moment de niro reveals the connection and i felt so sad that he be ask to utter such a pathetic script . watch de niro expression closely when he have to say the unutterably bad line . my family and include my brother who be a massive fan of de niro ( and why not when the guy have a string of truly awesome and unrepeatable characterisation from his early career ) come to the conclusion that in america and you can always buy talent and but you can not make them ( only make them fake them ) drink from the putrid stream serve up by hollywood a cinema . only for those who like to bang their head against a wall . i would give it 0 out of 5 .