Search - Mob Justice on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Movie Release: 1991 DVD Release: 07/23/2002 Format: DVD Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 35 mins Studio: New Concorde Total Copies: 4 Genres: Crime, Thriller, Crime Thriller See Also: Mob Justice

The fact-based TV movie Dead and Alive bears a remarkable resemblance to the plot and structure of the 1931 Fritz Lang classic M. A cocaine-addicted cop killer (Tony Danza) is on the loose, managing to elude the authorities at every juncture. The killer has known mob connections, so the police put the pressure on the city's head criminals. Buckling under, the Mob puts out a contract on Danza--while the head investigator trails the hit men in order to bring the killer in alive. Ironically, the main good guy in Dead and Alive is played by Ted Levine, previously cast as the serial killer in Silence of the Lambs (1991). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Peter Markle's thriller Mob Justice comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. There are neither subtitles nor closed-captions on this release. Supplemental materials include previews of other film and biographies of the cast. This is an undistinguished disc for a little seen film that will have the most appeal for people driven to the cast that includes Samuel L. Jackson. Tony Danza, and Ted Levine, but offers little for the average DVD consumer. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide