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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Language, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 2001 DVD Release: 06/04/2002 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 34 mins Studio: Lions Gate Total Copies: 2 Genres: Thriller, Action Thriller, Black Comedy See Also: Federal Protection

"Chop Chop" Frankie Carbone (Armand Assante) has made a career out of stealing cars for the mob in Chicago. An attempted assassination by a mob boss goes badly and Frankie retaliates, only to wind up in the hands of the Feds. Frankie agrees to testify against the mobsters and his life is suddenly worthless -- unless he submits to going into federal protection. The FBI gives him a new name -- Howard Akers -- and relocates him to a sleepy middle-class suburb in Little Rock, AR. Howard catches the attention of his lovely neighbor, Leigh (Angela Featherstone), a bored fund-raiser for a non-profit zoo whose husband, Dennis (David Lipper), is having an affair -- and she knows it, but she doesn't know it's with her hot-blooded sister, Bootsie (Dina Meyer). Leigh becomes friends with the enigmatic Howard, but Dennis and Bootsie see an opportunity to earn the million-dollar bounty the mob has put on his head by turning him in to the mob. ~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide

Armand Assante
Angela Featherstone
Dina Meyer

Anthony Hickox directs Armand Assante in the mob drama Federal Protection, which comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. Spanish subtitles are accessible, and the soundtrack is closed-captioned. Supplemental materials include a trailer. This is a pedestrian release from Trimark that will have little interest for anyone other than a genre enthusiast. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide