Vault (2019)

One of the greatest types of films that remind us of wild west stories, but set int he modern world has always been that of films based on La Cosa Nostra a.k.a. organized crime a.k.a. the Italian Mafia. We have seen so many great films that were based on trues stories like Goodfellas, Casino, and other organized crime films like Black Mass. For today's film, I have decided to check one out that took place in the smallest state in the union called Rhode Island and the films is called Vault which was released in 2019 and was written and directed by Tom DeNucci (Saving Christmas). The film stars  Theo Rossi (Sons Of Anarchy) as Deuce, a small time crook from Providence who along with his best friend Chucky Flynn (Clive Standen) decide that they are going to commit the biggest vault heist in the history of the United States of America. The film also stars Samira Wiley (Orange Is The New Black) as Karyn, Chazz Palminteri (A Bronx Tale) as Raymond, Don Johnson (Knives Out) as Gerry, William Forsythe (The Devil's Rejects) as Buddy Providence, Sean Ringgold (Uncut Gems) as Buddy Roxbury, Eric Lutes (Caroline In The City) as Buddy Barrington, Andrew Divoff (Wishmaster) as Buddy Woonsocket, Nick Principe (The Purge: Election Year) as Buddy Cranston,  Dorothy Lyman (Mama's Family) as Ma, and Chuck Zito (Oz) as Joey Bruno.

Considering that this was obviously a straight to VOD, DVD, and whatever else, this actually was a pretty decent film that gave you some incite into how things were in the city of Providence in the 70's. Providence is a completely different city now and in the last 20 years then it was in the 1970's and 80's and that's all thanks to what Buddy Cianci did for that city. Nonetheless, things were pretty reckless and the mob ran that city, but the greatest thing about this film is right at the very end when you figure out a very big twist. I never saw the twist coming and it shocked me because I should have seen that coming. So, the writing for the film was done very well by our director Mr. DeNucci who had the task of directing guys who were not household names and paired them with some legends of the genre like Zito, Palminteri, as well as appearances in the film by Vincent Pastore (The Sopranos) and even one by Burt Young (Rocky). It's a chance you take, but I believed that it was a very good one because you didn't know what to expect from Rossi. The film has about a 70% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes and a 5.4 on IMDB which the first score sounds about right. I loved the mix of real archival footage along with the actors in the film, loved the costumes, hair, and makeup, and the Buddy's were great when they needed to be. That is why I have decided that I am going to give the film an B- fir a final grade.