Oswald Patton plays Paul, a 30 something pathetic loser living with his elderly Mom in her Staten Island home. He's a cashier in a parking garage, where he passes his time planning his next talk sports radio call in stint, the object of all his affections being the NY Giants football team, and their star player Quantrell Bishop, who he obsesses over. Paul has a particular hatred for the Philadelphia Eagles, and a rival radio caller, an Eagles fan named "Philadelphia Phil".
While out getting a bite to eat with his friend Sal, they spot Quantrell Bishop and decide to follow him all over Staten Island (where they see him making a clandestine visit to what could be a drug house) and into a Manhatten strip club, where Paul brazenly introduces himself as a 'big fan', and inadvertently lets Quantrell know he followed him in from Staten Island. Quantrell goes berserk and gives Paul a brutal beating, putting him in a coma for 3 days, with brain injuries that recur after the initial hospitalization.
Quantrell is suspended from the Giants for his aggravated assault, yet Paul refuses to help with the police investigation, because he wants Quantrell back on the field to help his beloved Giants beat the hated Eagles.
Much of the dynamic of the movie is between Phil, who doesn't want to prosecute, and Paul's family (Mother, and his brother who is a lawyer) who want Paul to sue Quantrell and get some money so he can have a better life and, less importantly, because it's the right thing to do. The NY media and the police are also constantly harassing Paul for info regarding the attack.
The movie ands up with a dramatic denouement in South Philly, where Paul and Phila. Phil finally meet up with each other.
Some might find the film a bit too dark. Is this a comedy or what? It kind of reminds me of DeNiro's "King of Comedy", about a fan's obsession and the lengths to which it impacts one's life.
As an Eagles fan, I say go check it out. I had a lot of fun watching this.
While out getting a bite to eat with his friend Sal, they spot Quantrell Bishop and decide to follow him all over Staten Island (where they see him making a clandestine visit to what could be a drug house) and into a Manhatten strip club, where Paul brazenly introduces himself as a 'big fan', and inadvertently lets Quantrell know he followed him in from Staten Island. Quantrell goes berserk and gives Paul a brutal beating, putting him in a coma for 3 days, with brain injuries that recur after the initial hospitalization.
Quantrell is suspended from the Giants for his aggravated assault, yet Paul refuses to help with the police investigation, because he wants Quantrell back on the field to help his beloved Giants beat the hated Eagles.
Much of the dynamic of the movie is between Phil, who doesn't want to prosecute, and Paul's family (Mother, and his brother who is a lawyer) who want Paul to sue Quantrell and get some money so he can have a better life and, less importantly, because it's the right thing to do. The NY media and the police are also constantly harassing Paul for info regarding the attack.
The movie ands up with a dramatic denouement in South Philly, where Paul and Phila. Phil finally meet up with each other.
Some might find the film a bit too dark. Is this a comedy or what? It kind of reminds me of DeNiro's "King of Comedy", about a fan's obsession and the lengths to which it impacts one's life.
As an Eagles fan, I say go check it out. I had a lot of fun watching this.