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The Eye in the Sky
Joe Duma (Chazz Palminteri) will gamble on anything -- cards, dice, horses, whatever -- and is always trying to find a way to con the win. He's a distant man, even toward his partner in crime girlfriend Janice (Christine Lahti), but most especially toward his young adult son Joey (Tom Guiry) who has Down syndrome.
When the director (Roma Maffia) of the group home where Joey has lived for a long time informs Joe that Joey can no longer remain in the home because of his violent outbursts, aggression, and profanity, Joe is simply at a loss about what to do with Joey. He's never really bonded with the boy and Joey's mother abandoned them long ago. Joe doesn't want the Joey around but is forced to take him until he can raise substantial money to put him in an expensive facility that can deal with the aggression and anger issues. Joe really needs one big scam soon and it's not going to happen in the casinos of Atlantic City.
When Joe's gambling buddy Stanley (Michael Lerner) arranges a deal with a couple of wealthy men in Miami (Arthur J. Nascarella, Saverio Guerra) to bankroll a big scam in Las Vegas, Joe, Joey, Janice, Stanley and a couple other gambling cronies (Linus Roache, Michael Rispoli, Frank John Hughes) head West.
But Joe ends up winning a whole lot more than money.
Written and directed by Robert Celestino.
Run time: 1 hour, 46 minutes
Rated R for language including sexual references.
My personal rating: B
Joe Duma (Chazz Palminteri) will gamble on anything -- cards, dice, horses, whatever -- and is always trying to find a way to con the win. He's a distant man, even toward his partner in crime girlfriend Janice (Christine Lahti), but most especially toward his young adult son Joey (Tom Guiry) who has Down syndrome.
When the director (Roma Maffia) of the group home where Joey has lived for a long time informs Joe that Joey can no longer remain in the home because of his violent outbursts, aggression, and profanity, Joe is simply at a loss about what to do with Joey. He's never really bonded with the boy and Joey's mother abandoned them long ago. Joe doesn't want the Joey around but is forced to take him until he can raise substantial money to put him in an expensive facility that can deal with the aggression and anger issues. Joe really needs one big scam soon and it's not going to happen in the casinos of Atlantic City.
When Joe's gambling buddy Stanley (Michael Lerner) arranges a deal with a couple of wealthy men in Miami (Arthur J. Nascarella, Saverio Guerra) to bankroll a big scam in Las Vegas, Joe, Joey, Janice, Stanley and a couple other gambling cronies (Linus Roache, Michael Rispoli, Frank John Hughes) head West.
But Joe ends up winning a whole lot more than money.
Written and directed by Robert Celestino.
Run time: 1 hour, 46 minutes
Rated R for language including sexual references.
My personal rating: B
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