Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane
Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days when gang warfare was going on.
DVD Release Date: September 8, 1998
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Flixster Reviews (932)
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January 29, 2009Not big on teen gangs unless they're The Warriors. Especially not a fan when they're supposed to be sensitive girly-men inside. Some nice camera moves here don't quite salvage this, but make it watchable.
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January 17, 2009With some of the most impressive visuals that I have ever witnessed in film and a European inspired design sense, Rumble Fish is a unique, engrossing, and highly memorable film. It could easily be argued that its style tends to detract from the characters and any relevant themes ...( read more)
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November 26, 2008Francis Ford Coppola's follow up to The Outsiders was a critical and commercial flop when originally released in 1983. Panned for being over-stylized and lacking a clear narrative, audiences shunned the film. Yet it is those artistic touches that set the film apart. Bla...( read more)
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April 11, 2008I first watched this months and months ago, then re-purchased it when an edition with special features became reasonably priced, and decided this time I'd watch it when I wasn't in prime danger of falling fast asleep due to exhaustion. I found the whole thing very interesting sty...( read more)
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February 14, 2008Mickey Rourke's laid-back charismatic attitude and Stephen H. Burum's hypnotic photography are the key elements of this striking surreal moral tale.
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November 2, 2009In the hands of some European wannabe director this would be a dull black and white noir. In Coppola's hands it's a mesmerising film with possibly the greatest use of black and white cinematography, plus a great score that keeps the film energised and stops drag. It's also the be...( read more)
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October 15, 2009What was Francis Ford Coppola thibnking when he made this movie? This was crap right from the start.Talk about over acting,This was one of the worst movies I have seen in a long time.The only cool thing about this film is that you get to see some great actors when they were youn...( read more)
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October 6, 2009wow what an coincidence with starring matt dillon & diane lane, director francis ford coppola, & novel of s.e. hinton that all the same as with "the outsiders" (i believe that movie release first) in a SAME year that movie release. i like this one better than "the outsiders". i r...( read more)
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October 1, 20091. pussygang
2. shitty dubbing
3. chris penn slapping himself
4. francis ford coppola directed this?
Critic Reviews
September 1, 2005
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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June 19, 2007This is so deep! I loved how Copploa filmed it in black and white and then only filmed the beta fish in the pet store in color!!! It was so abstract... I also like how the beta fish are symbolic of gangs fighting... because Beta Fish kill each other... same with gangs... it is just so deep!
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