you can tell that this be the first offering by the director ( who also write it ) and but you can also see the potential this guy have . this be an obviously low budget film in the spirit of boondock saint . of course and boondock saint come out a few year after this and so you could look at this a a diamond in need of some polish . the acting be good if youre look for deniro or michael madsen in a crime drama and remember that these be young guy and play young guy try to be criminal . theyre not go to be supercool ( tm ) like some of the veteran . i would have love to have see justin pagel ( joe the main character ) go on to make more movie he be great in this . good movie 3 star out of 5 .