The film takes place in 1956-1957 in Apalachia, NY. It centers on state trooper Edgar Croswell (David Arquette) and his efforts that lead to the arrest of a large number of mobsters (no convictions). The film was mildly interesting as a historical crime drama but it had little action and a small bite. Robert Davi played Vito Genovese who made the bad call. Go watch "The Irishman" instead.

Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.

The bad: dont expect a thrilling mafia drama. This is nothing of the kind. This is merely a slowburning and mellow portrait of a simple small town cop (David Arquette) who accidentally discovers that the entire American mob is coming to his small town to have a meeting. Will all hell brake loose? No, nothing happens.That's it. There is no story. Honest.

More bad: there is no suspense, no drama, no action, no thrill, no comedy. It has the look and feel of a television movie, made to please everybody without showing any brutal violence and therefore it is kind a boring.

Not any good? I still watched it till the end, because I like David Arquette as an actor, although this time he aint funny, but he aint impressive as a serious actor either. It is a kind of weird mix of a mellow portrait of the mob.

Well, it did beat staring at the wallpaper...

This is not bad enough to get only a 4 star. This is nowhere good enough to be a 7 star. This is a 5 or 6 star. Yes, it's low budget, but the cinematography is better than many with this kind of budget. Yes, they "steal" footage from old documentaries, but the imagery and colors from those pop in a nice way. The dialogue is good enough; not stellar, but not hardly too rough or clunky. The acting is good enough. The plot is already known, since it's based on history. To me, the biggest weakness is the over-long personal scenes that don't matter, like the fish-monger scene with tinges of Poor-Man's Tarantino. The love story and the domestic marriage scenes are extraneous too; they let the air out of what little tension this movie otherwise has.

This subject is tailor-made for a 20-30-million dollar project. This small project doesn't come close to exploiting that. Or even better -- a 3-episode limited series. Arquette isn't bad in it; it's hardly the worst perfomance of his career. Just don't go out of your way or pay any fees to watch this. It's not worth money to see.