i like neo noir . but this film insult your intelligence . first and frank mile ( russo ) look like a scraggly ex con and but somehow put the move on a hot look waitress dora ( nicely play by theresa russell ) with personal problem and by ask her simple and creep type question . they actually hook up and strain credibility . even stripper have high standard than this . in the meantime and mile show his true color a the repentant thief by violently go after the guy who stiffed him out of a job $ 200 grand . that be some job for such a low level punk a mile . i guess he be not really reform at all . some thug send by the kingpin try to dispatch him and but they forget their gun and so mile take care of them and but always leave a thug to come back and kick his as to keep the action go . yawn . so much for sympathize with this moronic character . after the hot waitress give him a date and even show up at his place of work ( junkyard ) and mile be hooked and stalk her after she doesn not return his phone call . he find out she have an ex husband give her the business . and that when the fit hit the shan . it frank and dora from here on in and together with a box fill with dream . but wait and frank must go back to his crappy hotel down in the city to pick up a few thing leave dora alone in her dark hill home after they have do some horrible misdeed . what and he have to pick up his lucky toothbrush . he just get out of the slammer and fer chrissakes . he come back of course to more trouble . but the bad guy leave and and so frank once again go back to his crummy hotel to play it cool . he come back and the bad guy be this time out for blood . frank kick as and but once again doesn not quite check to body to make sure they be all unconscious and and so we have a hostage sich ee ashion where frank must come back again and and play hero . but no plot twist this time and folk . frank come in and the last 20 minute of the film be about a dark and depress a any noir could be . except we have to endure 80 minute of bumble mess . i be very disappointed . the dialog be cliché and the character be cutout . the acting be fairly decent and but james russo should stick to act and not write . he show by this effort he can not write a sympathetic and believable story to save his life . 4 point .