Interesteg What makes it different from others?

SpecialsTarget Disturbing yet enthralling

Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

Nelson Strang It's a bit unengaging. De Niro phones in a Pupkinesque pastiche of a performance from a lackadaisical, pointless script. Lange is OK, but has precious little material to work with. Ultimately, it's not entertaining to watch. For De Niro completists only.

Desertman84 Night and the City is a 1992 remake of the 1950 film noir of the same name.It is an adaptation of Gerald Kersh's novel of the same name. It features Robert De Niro and Jessica Lange. It tells the story of a one Harry Fabian,a two-bit lawyer in New York.He easily becomes fascinated in the world of championship prizefights in the sport of boxing and needs the help of a hardnosed promoter,Alan King.Disaster plagues Fabian as his boxers fail to pass their physicals, and Warden dies while setting up the big event. Pursued by King and his creditors, the terrified Fabian is urged by girlfriend to get of town. But he decides to face up the challenges for the first time in his life and stand his ground up to the final event of the situation.Overall,the movie does not hold up to the original film as it is far from being a classic.In fact,it was borderline average despite the presence of wonderful cast particularly De Niro and Lange. In spite of it,a viewer may enjoy the high spirits of the low life characters involved in it.

eagleeyedcritic I can honestly say there has only been one or two movies that were so bad I left the theater and refused to watch them. This was one of those movies. I stayed as long as I could but I couldn't bear to stay until the end. I like Jessica Lange and Robert DeNiro and consider them both to be good actors. Thus this was a real disappointment. They have both made much better movies than this one. She's a waitress and he is a lawyer. I thought it was depressing and their first sex scene was carried out with wooden acting. I was on a date so that made it even worse.Don't waste your money.

buckny The only reason I saw this movie was its filming locale, Boxers on West 4th Street in NYC. (Ironically, the bar had nothing to do with "Boxers" as in pugilists). Its not Boxers that I will remember, its the predecessor on this corner, Boxers decor was the same as the lamented JIMMY DAYS that graced this corner from about 1970 until 1989 or 1990. When Jimmy was forced out by escalating rents, Boxers moved in, keeping the exposed brick ceiling decor the same. Soon, this movie may be the only permanent record of a great NY neighborhood bar known as JIMMY DAYS. There is a Margot Kidder independent movie from the 1970s that was filmed here when it was Jimmy Days, called Willie and Phil.