Nick, a young Boston Italian, trying to find purpose in the ideology of the mafia and finding his world turned upside down.Nick, a young Boston Italian, trying to find purpose in the ideology of the mafia and finding his world turned upside down.Nick, a young Boston Italian, trying to find purpose in the ideology of the mafia and finding his world turned upside down.
George Carroll
- George Mullins
- (as Slaine)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOf the three films directed by James Mottern (as of 2022), this is the only one that he did not also write.
- GoofsAll entries contain spoilers
- ConnectionsReferenced in EtTkTh Talks About Movies (2017)
- SoundtracksMy Side
Written by Louis Bell, Terrence Nugent
Performed by Rite Hook
Courtesy of MusicBall Publishing/EMI April Music (ASCAP)
Featured review
Boasts a good cast in desperate need of a good story.
"You watched the first half of Goodfellas like a thousand times." That is an actual line from this film that feels more like a critique of itself. By the Gun is a Scorsese wannabe film that has terrible dialog and even worse accents. The only thing worse than being a Scorsese wannabe is being a Scorsese rip-off and while By the Gun does have moments of blatant plagiarism, it does quite fully embrace it. The dialog and screenplay feels like they are excerpts from better films in the same genre. It never quite gels coming out of any of these actors outside of Slaine and Harvey Keitel. The best part about this film is Slaine, he turns in a good performance but his character feels more and more like Jackie Boy from Mean Streets going into the third act. Harvey Keitel is...well, he's Harvey Keitel, this guy created the tough guy so he gets a pass just because he plays this part in his sleep. Leighton Meester does her best here and it is nowhere near enough to salvage the cast from being a complete disaster. My last and final complaint about the cast is more a question than anything, but what in the hell is Toby Jones doing in this film and what the hell was that accent? Furthermore, the film is too bright and vibrant. What we're seeing isn't doing the moments of grit any justice, they're glossy, crisp and hardly the vibe it wants to be going for. But, setting aside a terrible cast and poor cinematography, what is most important here is that this film isn't entertaining. It isn't interesting, it falls in line with being another poorly done mob film that was lucky enough to get picked up by a distributor.
helpful•74
- trublu215
- Mar 16, 2015
- How long is By the Gun?Powered by Alexa
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Nòng Súng Trên Tay
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content