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WAMG Dines With Real-Life Mobster Ronnie Lorenzo : THE FAMILY

Recently, WAMG was treated to a delicious Italian meal with real-life (former) mobster Ronald ‘Ronnie’ Lorenzo, and several other members of the press, to celebrate the release of THE FAMILY on DVD. Check out some of the dinner chat below!

Here is a little background on Ronnie Lorenzo:

According to the newspapers, Ronnie was “allegedly” associated with the Bonanno family. The Bonanno crime family is known to be one of the ‘five families’ within the Mafia that controls organized crime actvities in New York. Aside from his ‘family’, Ronnie has been around ‘street guys’ for his entire life since he was just 12 years old.

Ronnie was born on January 4th 1946 in New York City. When he was very young Ronnie was in the Firework Business, then he opened after-hours clubs (many with gambling) around the city. He was also involved in a few discos… and the last club he owned before leaving New York was a Jazz club at 210 W. 70th St. and Broadway called The Grand Finale, which is where Woody Allen shot the movie ANNIE HALL. Ronnie sold it in 1979, and moved to California in 1982, where he opened up a few restaurants in Malibu called Dudley’s, Splash, and a pizza restaurant Spruzzo, which means ’splash’ in Italian. Spruzzo is still open, and Splash is now The Sunset Restaurant. Ronnie also opened Mulberry St. Pizza on Cannon Drive in Beverly Hills, and was partners with James Caan and the actress Cathy Moriarty. Shorty after opening Mulberry St., Ronnie was “locked up” and sold his interest to Cathy and her boyfriend. Once released, he opened up another place in Brentwood called Lorenzo’s but in his words “the rent was killer so I sold it”.

After moving to California, Ronnie was charged with conspiracy, drugs, racketeering and “whatever else they could put on me”. As Ronnie best explained, “I was no angel, but I was never a drug dealer. The FBI set me up over a period of about 5 years. They paid a Rat “Fat Ralph Franchi”, and he was a low-life pimp from Boston’s North End. They paid him over a million dollars to put me in a trap, so that the Feds could make a Rat out of me, but it didn’t work! I would not cooperate with them so they were left with the case that they put a lot of time and money in. They even set up a phony production office to try and get me to straighten out some fake union problems they made up so they could lock up some Teamsters, I never fell for it.” As a first offender, Ronnie served 11 years and 5 years on supervised release for a charge that called for 10 years.

Ronnie’s life today is much different from his past. He changed his life around, and does his best to stay on the “straight and narrow” path. Ronnie and his wife have been together for over 50 years, and have been married for 45 years. They have two daughters and two grandsons. Nowadays, Ronnie spends as much time as he can watching his grandkids play baseball and other sports.

The movie is produced by Martin Scorsese… and it had Robert DeNiro, Michele Pfeiffer and Tommy Lee Jones. In the movie, DeNiro’s character actually watches GOODFELLAS. Is GOODFELLAS the high mark for mobster movies?

Ronnie Lorenzo: Pretty much. GOODFELLAS is probably the most realistic mob movie in that way. The people I’ve known and the characters they’ve portrayed were pretty good. Robert DeNiro played a character named Jimmy Conway, but in real life it was Jimmy Burke. DeNiro really had him spot on too. He was a great guy and an Irish guy. Because of that, he held the respect of every made man.

What are some of your favorite movies of the mobster genre?

Ronnie Lorenzo: Probably my favorite mob movie will be ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA. You watch those kids grow up for the first hour of the movie, you really know the characters and you know them well. That’s really sweet. Of course, THE GODFATHER is a good movie. For reality, GOODFELLAS is real. It’s as real as it gets.

You’ve seen the movie. How realistic is the plot of THE FAMILY?

Ronnie Lorenzo: Not at all. I guess it shouldn’t be because it’s not a documentary. It’s entertainment. A lot of things I pick at… other people don’t. They send six guys to kill one guy. [Laughs] And these six guys came with rocket-launchers [laughs] and God knows how many guns and rifles. How did they get to France? I guess they could have had somebody in Italy bring it to France or something… so, I guess there’s a possibility. It was entertaining. In reality, that doesn’t exist.

THE FAMILY depicts Manzoni’s wife and children as violent as he is. Is that typically the case in mob families?

Ronnie Lorenzo: No, I don’t think so. Look, you can’t paint everybody with the same brush. From what I know, any respectful guy always has the business completely separate from his family. Sometimes, the wives and kids get into trouble… and the FBI will use that as a hammer. If you get your wife involved in something, they will use that as a hammer against you.

DeNiro plays a lot of these characters. What is he doing right?

Ronnie Lorenzo: He grew up in our neighborhoods. I knew Marty [Scorsese] when he was a kid. I didn’t know him well. DeNiro hung out with us when I was a kid… and he was a little older than I was. He was from Fourteenth Street. He was known as “Bobby Fourtheeth Street… or Bobby Irish.” [Laughter] He’s still friends with a couple of my friends back then. Bobby’s been around us. He’s from New York and Downtown. He would know it. Mean streets is pretty much how we grew up. That’s my neighborhood. Marty knows it well.

When they shot the movie… I was supposed to be in the movie. Many of my friends had small parts in the movie. I chose not be on camera since I’m not an actor. DeNiro really has it down. But, Marty is the ones who gets the actors to perform well. If you see DeNiro perform as a gangster in this picture as compared to the one directed by Marty… there’s a world of difference.

Are there good mob stories that haven’t been told yet?

Ronnie Lorenzo: Plenty! [Laughs] In fact, I’m in the middle of something now that they’re going to make a series out of. I can’t talk about it. There’s a movie that should be made about Joe Colombo. He was head of the Colombo crime family. He’s the youngest boss ever to have a family named after him. He started a league called the Italian-American Civil Rights League. You know, in THE GODFATHER you never hear the word “Mafia” or “Cosa Nostra.” Joe Colombo was responsible for getting them not to use those words in the movie. It would make a great story. His son, Joe Jr., and I have put together an outline for a movie.

In the dark action comedy The Family, a Mafia boss and his family are relocated to a sleepy town in France under the Witness Protection Program after snitching on the mob. Despite Agent Stansfield’s (Tommy Lee Jones) best efforts to keep them in line, Fred Manzoni (Robert De Niro), his wife Maggie (Michelle Pfeiffer) and their children, Belle (Dianna Agron) and Warren (John D’Leo), can’t help resorting to old habits by handling their problems the “family” way. Chaos ensues as their former Mafia cronies try to track them down and scores are settled in the unlikeliest of settings, in this subversively funny film by Luc Besson.

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THE FAMILY is out now on Blu-ray and DVD

GRUDGE MATCH- The Review

It’s “adult swim” time at the cineplex once again, kids. Hmm, seems like LAST VEGAS was just a week or so ago. This new flick concerns another couple of post-6o dudes who are trying to recapture some of their “glory days” (cue the Springsteen tune, if we can afford it!). Except one of them was in that earlier flick (he’s having a busy year for a guy past retirement age). This film’ s story plays on the cinematic past of the two main stars. You, see both got Oscar nominations for films set in the world of that “sweet science”, the sport of boxing. Sylvester Stallone grabbed his nom for penning the script for 1976’s ROCKY, which spawned five sequels, while Robert DeNiro nabbed his Best Actor Oscar nom and win for playing real-life boxer Jake LaMotta in 1980’s RAGING BULL. Now, while both actors shared scenes in COPLAND, they’ve never stepped into the ring. Until now, because they’re many years overdue for a GRUDGE MATCH. And, there’s the bell….

…for their first bout, several decades ago (see that’s how the flick begins). Henry ‘Razor’ Sharp and Billy ‘the Kid’ McDonnen each won a championship fight against the other, but for mysterious reasons, there was no third bout, no “grudge match”. Cut to Pittsburgh 2013. Billy (DeNiro) has a big used-car dealership and a struggling bar and grill dedicated to his boxing career. Henry (Stallone) left the ring long ago and earns an honest living working at a local steel mill. Enter the son of the man who promoted their original battles, Dante Slade, Jr. (Kevin Hart). He wants to procure the rivals’ services for a video game company. In order to produce a new boxing game based on their old bouts, they need the men to don motion-capture suits and throw a few punches that the computer will reproduce for their game avatars. Both men need the cash and agree to it as long as they are recorded separately. Of course, Billy violates the deal and shows up during Henry’s session. Heated words and blows are exchanged and all are recorded on the phones devices of the game crew. The footage is uploaded to an internet video sharing site and instantly becomes a “viral” sensation. Then the big East Coast casinos contact Dante. How about a rematch? After much prodding, they agree. But who will help them train? After taking him in after being evicted from another retirement facility, older ex-boxer Louis ‘Lightening’ Conlon (Alan Arkin) consents to train Henry. Meanwhile, after being brushed aside at the gym of Frankie Brite (LL Cool J) Billy meets his estranged son BJ (Jon Berenthal) and enlists him as his trainer (oh, and BJ has an eight year-old son! Billy’s a grandpa’!). But at the big press conference who should show up but Sally (Kim Basinger), the blonde bombshell that both men courted back in the day. Will she somehow throw a wrench into the rematch plans, as she did all those years ago? More importantly, can both aging war horses survive the months of grueling training on the way to the big fight?

The game cast flays away at the lackluster script to little success. Stallone seems the most indifferent, perhaps since most of the film’s plot was covered in his own vastly superior ROCKY BALBOA from just seven years ago. He often plays scenes with his head down maybe to show how life has beaten down and humbled Henry, but it comes across as though he were tossing the scenes off to the other actors. This may be the reason that much of his dialogue is “mumbled” away. DeNiro is the more gregarious of the two fighters, but he seems to be slipping into the squinting caricature of his earlier roles that he’s relied on for far too many recent comedies. He’s quiet and scowling before turning into a loud and belligerent within seconds. We wonder what the still gorgeous Sally ever saw in the two, but Basinger plays her as merely a bland pawn in their enduring tug of war. Her motivations are unclear and unfocused. Has she just been waiting for the boys to get back in the news? Arkin is reduced to playing a variation of Burgess Meredith in not one, but two of his later screen roles. Of course, he’s the scrappy trainer/coach from the Rocky movies series (down to the attire), but he’s also the crude elderly clown spewing inappropriate sex jokes from the GRUMPY OLD MEN flicks. When the film makers don’t know how to end a scene they cut to him over-selling a tired “horny old dude” gag. Hart’s doing his motor-mouthed guy on the make from the stand-up films and supporting movie roles. There’s far too many scenes of him screaming into his cell phone and strutting about (another easy way to convey info and conclude scenes).. And then he and Arkin share scenes so he can make fun of his age while the other can do height jokes (Ah, “Webster” jokes! edgy!). Bernthal, so great in TV’s “The Walking Dead” is wasted as the always exasperated beacon of responsibility to the out of control DeNiro character.

Peter Segal, director of the underrated big screen remake of GET SMART, suffers a major stumble trying to bring life to this clichéd tale. It’s another case of “all the jokes are in the trailer”. And the ones there are not that inspired. The movie quickly loses its forward momentum after the fun opening flashback fights and the “where are they now?” updates. It just takes an eternity to get to the main title bouts. The love-triangle subplot just helps to keep the story’s wheels spinning with little reward. And the grandson storyline is cringe-worthy. What eight year-old speaks like that (one whose dialogue is provided by hack sitcom writers). The movie lurches from one “wacky” set piece to the next. I can almost believe the two ring vets popping up at an MMA match, but jumping out of a plane to parachute onto a mall parking lot? Hello, these guys have to make it to the match. people (and can you imagine the insurance premiums?). After a turgid medical problem that attempts to add some drama, we’re finally ready to rumble. Said fight is poorly staged looking like a sloppy slapping match at a bus stop. Bobby, Sly, you’re shown us you’ve got the physique and stamina to go a few rounds. Now hung up the gloves and concentrate your impressive talents on better projects than drivel like GRUDGE MATCH. Oh, if only I could have thrown in the towel from my theatre seat and stopped the embarrassing proceedings!

1 Out of 5

Win Passes To The Advance Screening Of GRUDGE MATCH In St. Louis

This Christmas, it’s Grudgement Day!

Award-winning movie legends Oscar® winner Robert De Niro (“Raging Bull,” “Silver Linings Playbook”) and Oscar® nominee Sylvester Stallone (the “Rocky” films, “The Expendables”) star as old boxing rivals who come out of retirement for one final match. De Niro and Stallone play Billy “The Kid” McDonnen and Henry “Razor” Sharp, two local Pittsburgh fighters whose fierce rivalry put them in the national spotlight.

Each had scored a victory against the other during their heyday, but in 1983, on the eve of their decisive third match, Razor suddenly announced his retirement, refusing to explain why but effectively delivering a knock-out punch to both their careers.

Thirty years later, boxing promoter Dante Slate Jr., seeing big dollar signs, makes them an offer they can’t refuse: to re-enter the ring and settle the score once and for all. But they may not have to wait that long: on their first encounter in decades, their long-festering feud erupts into an unintentionally hilarious melee that instantly goes viral.

The sudden social media frenzy transforms their local grudge match into a must-see HBO event. Now, if they can just survive the training, they may actually live to fight again.

GRUDGE MATCH will be in theaters December 25, 2013.

WAMG invites you to enter to win a pass (Good for 2) to the advance screening of GRUDGE MATCH on Monday, December 16th.

Answer the following:

Name the iconic boxers that Stallone and De Niro have played and the films.

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The film is rated PG-13.

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THE BAG MAN, Starring John Cusack & Robert De Niro, Opening Feb 2

THE BAG MAN is a taut crime thriller that follows the story of Jack(John Cusack), a tough guy with chronic bad luck but human touches. Hired by Dragna (Robert De Niro), a legendary crime boss to complete a simple but unusual task, the plot centers around the anticipated arrival of Dragna who has summoned JACK and a host of shady characters to a remote location for unknown reasons.

Over the course of a long and violently eventful night awaiting Dragna’s arrival, Jack’s path crosses that of Rivka (Rebecca Da Costa), a stunningly beautiful woman whose life becomes physically and emotionally entangled with Jack’s. When Dragna finally arrives on the scene there are sudden and extreme consequences for all.

THE BAG MAN was co-written by David Grovic and Paul Conway, and is David Grovic’s directorial debut.

The film has a running time of 108 minutes and is not rated by the MPAA.

Cinedigm will release THE BAG MAN on February 28, 2014 in select markets.

Worldview & Lotus Partner on Stephen Gaghan’s CANDY STORE Starring Robert DeNiro And Omar Sy

Worldview Entertainment has signed on to finance and produce the crime thriller, CANDY STORE, starring Academy Award winner Robert De Niro, Jason Clarke and Omar Sy.

Academy Award winner Stephen Gaghan will direct from a screenplay he wrote with Shannon Burke. Principal photography will commence in 2014.

CANDY STORE is the story of an undercover agent who begins a new life as a beat cop in Brooklyn, but finds that his past life comes back to haunt him.

Gaghan and Allison Sheamur through Allison Sheamur Productions will produce alongside Worldview CEO, Christopher Woodrow, and COO, Molly Conners and Nicolas Gonda and Ryan Rettig for Ironwood, which is making an investment in the film. Worldview’s Maria Cestone and Sarah E. Johnson and Lotus’s Bill Johnson and Jim Seibel will executive produce alongside Michael G. Macs for Ironwood, Allyn Stewart and Kipp Nelson for Flashlight Films and Suzanne Joskow for Unsupervised.

Lotus will handle international sales and introduce the film to buyers next week at the American Film Market (AFM) while CAA, who packaged and arranged financing for the film, will represent domestic rights.

Lotus is also selling “A Hologram for the King” starring Tom Hanks at AFM. They just wrapped the Anne Hathaway-starrer “Song One” with Worldview and “Maggie”, with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Abigail Breslin. Lotus is prepping “Fallen” with Scott Hicks directing and Jeremy Irvine starring in the young-adult novel adaptation.

Win A Pass To The Advance Screening Of LAST VEGAS In St. Louis

Freeman. De Niro. Douglas. Kline. Ready to see these four at the Advance Screening of LAST VEGAS?

For the first time in their legendary careers, this collective of Oscar© winners, with crowning achievements from unforgettable performances, has come together in a comedy packed with laughs, wit and a heart-rending perspective on friendship.

Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline star as lifelong friends who opt to stop acting their age and relive their glory days when the pack’s sworn bachelor decides to get married to his girlfriend (who is half his age).

The destination? Las Vegas.

But the four quickly realize that passing decades changed the game: Sin City has had its own coming-of-age and a rivalry has strained the bonds of their friendship.

The Rat Pack may have once played the Sands and Cirque du Soleil may now rule the Strip, but it’s these guys who are taking over Vegas.

LAST VEGAS will open in theaters on Friday, November 1st, 2013.

WAMG invites you to enter to win a pass to the advance screening on Wednesday, October 30 at 7PM.

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De Niro, Douglas, Freeman And Kline In Hilarious New LAST VEGAS Trailer

Can’t wait for LAST VEGAS to hit theaters on November 1st? Watch the new trailer for CBS Films’ upcoming comedy starring Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman & Kevin Kline.

LAST VEGAS tells the story of Billy, Paddy, Archie and Sam – best friends since childhood.

When Billy, the group’s sworn bachelor, finally proposes to his thirty-something (of course) girlfriend, the four head to Las Vegas with a plan to stop acting their age and relive their glory days.

However, upon arriving, the four quickly realize that the decades have transformed Sin City and tested their friendship in ways they never imagined. The Rat Pack may have once played the Sands and Cirque du Soleil may now rule the Strip, but it’s these four who are taking over Vegas.

Directed by Jon Turteltaub, LAST VEGAS is a winning bet when it opens in theaters on Friday, November 1st.

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Watch Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline and Robert De Niro In 4 New Clips From LAST VEGAS

Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline and Robert De Niro intro four brand new clips from CBS Films’ LAST VEGAS – in theaters November 1st.

Starring four legends like you’ve never seen them before, LAST VEGAS tells the story of Billy, Paddy, Archie and Sam (played by Academy-Award winners Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline), best friends since childhood.

When Billy, the group’s sworn bachelor, finally proposes to his thirty-something (of course) girlfriend, the four head to Las Vegas with a plan to stop acting their age and relive their glory days.

Directed by Jon Turteltaub, LAST VEGAS will open in theaters on Friday, November 1st.

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Win A Pass To The Advance Screening Of THE FAMILY In St. Louis

In the dark action comedy THE FAMILY, a Mafia boss and his family are relocated to a sleepy town in France under the Witness Protection Program after snitching on the mob. Despite Agent Stansfield’s (Tommy Lee Jones) best efforts to keep them in line, Fred Blake (Robert De Niro), his wife Maggie (Michelle Pfeiffer) and their children, Belle (Dianna Agron) and Warren (John D’Leo), can’t help resorting to old habits by handling their problems the “family” way. Chaos ensues as their former Mafia cronies try to track them down and scores are settled in the unlikeliest of settings, in this subversively funny film by Luc Besson.

THE FAMILY stars Academy Award® winners Robert De Niro (Raging Bull, Silver Linings Playbook), and Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln, No Country for Old Men), Academy Award nominee Michelle Pfeiffer (Scarface, The Fabulous Baker Boys), Dianna Agron (“Glee,” I Am Number Four), and John D’Leo (The Wrestler, Brooklyn’s Finest). It is directed by Luc Besson (Taken, Transporter). The screenplay is written by Luc Besson and Michael Caleo (“The Sopranos,” “Rescue Me”), based on Tonino Benacquista’s novel, Malavita.

THE FAMILY will be in theaters on September 13th.

Relativity Media and WAMG invite you to enter for your chance to receive a pass (Good for 2) to the advance screening of THE FAMILY on September 11th at 7PM in St. Louis.

Answer the following:

How many Oscars has Robert De Niro won?

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THE FAMILY has been rated R for violence, language and brief sexuality.

The film is produced by Luc Besson, Ryan Kavanaugh (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Limitless) and Virginie Besson-Silla (The Lady, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec). Director of photography is Thierry Arbogast (The Patience Stone, The Secret Book). Editor is Julien Rey (The Lady, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec). Original music is by Evgueni Galperine (The Hunger Games, Rust and Bone) and Sacha Galperine (Eva, The Big Picture). Production designer is Hugues Tissandier (Taken, The Chef). Costume designer is Olivier Beriot (Taken, The Lady). Executive producers are Jason Beckman (Safe Haven, Movie 43), Jason Colodne (Safe Haven, Movie 43), Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas, The Departed) and Tucker Tooley (The Fighter, Limitless). Co-executive producers are Ron Burkle (The Secret Life of Girls, Out of the Furnace) and Jason Colbeck (Mirror, Mirror).

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Relativity Media Releases New Photos From THE FAMILY, DON JON and OUT OF THE FURNACE

As we head into the final week of August and out of the summer blockbuster season, 3 must-sees to add to your Fall film list are THE FAMILY, DON JON and OUT OF THE FURNACE. Relativity Media has released brand new images from their latest films.

First up is Luc Besson’s THE FAMILY starring Robert De Niro as a killer dad, Michelle Pfeiffer as one bad mother, Dianna Agron as the mobgirl next door and John D’Leo as the young gun.

In the dark action comedy, a Mafia boss and his family are relocated to a sleepy town in France under the Witness Protection Program after snitching on the mob. Despite Agent Stansfield’s (Tommy Lee Jones) best efforts to keep them in line, Fred Blake (Robert De Niro), his wife Maggie (Michelle Pfeiffer) and their children, Belle (Dianna Agron) and Warren (John D’Leo), can’t help resorting to old habits by handling their problems the “family” way.

Chaos ensues as their former Mafia cronies try to track them down and scores are settled in the unlikeliest of settings.

The screenplay is written by Luc Besson and Michael Caleo (“The Sopranos,” “Rescue Me”), based on Tonino Benacquista’s novel, Malavita and produced by Ryan Kavanaugh (Limitless) and Virginie Besson-Silla (The Lady, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec).

THE FAMILY hits theaters on September 13th.

Up next is DON JON. Joseph Gordon-Levitt wrote, directed, and stars in this edgy new romantic comedy about searching for true intimacy in a world full of unrealistic expectations.

Jon Martello (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a strong, handsome, good old fashioned guy. His buddies call him Don Jon due to his ability to “pull” a different woman every weekend, but even the finest fling doesn’t compare to the bliss he finds alone in front of the computer watching pornography. Barbara Sugarman (Scarlett Johansson) is a bright, beautiful, good old fashioned girl.

Raised on romantic Hollywood movies, she’s determined to find her Prince Charming and ride off into the sunset. Wrestling with good old fashioned expectations of the opposite sex, Jon and Barbara struggle against a media culture full of false fantasies to try and find true intimacy.

The movie also stars Tony Danza and Julianne Moore.

DON JON will be released on September 27th.

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Lastly is the drama OUT OF THE FURNACE. Directed and co-written by Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart), the film boasts an Academy Award winning and nominated cast featuring Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe, Zoë Saldana and Sam Shepard.

Russell Baze (Christian Bale) has a rough life: he works a dead-end blue collar job at the local steel mill by day, and cares for his terminally ill father by night. When Russell’s brother Rodney (Casey Affleck) returns home from serving time in Iraq, he gets lured into one of the most ruthless crime rings in the Northeast and mysteriously disappears. The police fail to crack the case, so – with nothing left to lose – Russell takes matters into his own hands, putting his life on the line to seek justice for his brother.

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The film opens December 6.

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THE FAMILY is out now on Blu-ray and DVD

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