Wrong Turn at Tahoe

Wrong Turn At Tahoe
When crime boss Vincent (Miguel Ferrer) finds out a low level drug dealer, Frankie Tahoe (Noel Gugliemi), plans to take him out, he takes his son-like protege Joshua (Cuba Gooding Jr.) to take care of the problem. He soon finds out that the drug dealer actually works for the biggest mob boss in town, Nino (Harvey Keitel), who expects payment for the revenue lost from Tahoe's drug stream.

I like Cuba Gooding Jr. He's a good actor who deserves a good break, and could very easily be the next Denzel Washington if he picked better projects. After all, one day he was in Jerry Maguire and Men of Honor, the next day he was sinking his career with Boat Trip. One can't help but wonder what happened and wish for the good old days, I mean, honestly, he was the one reason to rewatch Pearl Harbor! Recently, though, he's been relegated to straight to DVD releases, his most recent foray to the big screen being the excellent American Gangster. With his newest release though he's found...

Surprisingly not bad
What is this you say, a Cuba Gooding Jr-starring straight to DVD film that actually isn't bad? That's what you get with Wrong Turn at Tahoe, in which Gooding stars as Joshua, the protege of small time crime boss Vincent (Miguel Ferrer). When Vincent kills drug dealer Frankie Tahoe (Noel Gugliemi) without realizing that he works for uber-crime lord Nino (Harvey Keitel), the blood and bullets start to fly. No holds barred in its violence, Wrong Turn at Tahoe is pretty much a pastiche of every better crime movie to come before it. That aside though, the film works thanks to its stars, and Gooding definitely gives the best performance probably since Men of Honor. The real surprise here however is Ferrer, who's appeared in everything from Robocop to Traffic to Crossing Jordan over the years, and here's hoping that he gets more leading roles down the line.

GOOD TURN AT TAHOE
i'm a cuba gooding and miguel ferrer fan and they were both great in this film. i also liked harvey keitel in this movie. this was very entertainig and not your typical mob film. i hate it when people give reviews and spoil the plot for you by basically telling you the story line. i don't do that but i will tell you it's worth seeing especially if you like mob films and the three actors i mentioned above.

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