"It's 2 in the morning, you fat f*ck!"

Mad Dog and Glory - I have been wanting to see this film for a long time. I need to take a second to plug Netflix. I love Netflix because it has enabled me to see movies I have seen in video stores for years. I love Netflix - just don't tell Tivo! Mad Dog Wayne (Robert De Niro) is a cop. Glory (Uma Thurman) is a bartender who is in debt to Frank Milo (Bill Murray). Wayne saves Frank's life and after a night of drinking and bonding Frank gives Glory to Mad Dog for a week as a thank you. Mad Dog falls in love with Glory. And as one would suspect Frank is unhappy with this development.

This movie is interesting because both Murray and De Niro play against the norm characters. Murray is the mafia/made/man with connections whose comedy routine fails at the club he owns and therefore performs at. DeNiro is the cop with the soul of an artist. They both are very interesting in how they fill their roles.

It begins as a film noire. There is a murder, a woman in distress (well, actually two) and a resolution. However, this movie is set in "modern" day and moves a little slowly. There are secondary characters - Lee Wayne's abused neighbor (Kathy Baker), Mike Wayne's ballsy, sarcastic mouthy partner (David Caruso), and Harold Frank's hired gun (Mark Starr) (typical Italian 'thug') - they are interesting but not developed enough. This movie has some flaws - why is Wayne called Mad Dog - there are some hints but nothing outright. Who is playing whom?

I was entertained and for the most part absorbed but I think if you didn't like The Singing Detective you may not enjoy this film.