Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 02/21/2003(USA
Release Date: 08/26/2003
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: DDS2.0/DD5.1
Run Time: 99 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: HBO Home Video
A small-time pool shark with dreams of the big time seeks revenge against the mentor who did him wrong in this
drama.
Johnny Doyle (
Mars Callahan) was a teenaged orphan when
Joe (
Chazz Palminteri) took him under his wing and taught him everything there is to know about shooting pool.
Johnny became a genius with a cue, but while he dreamed of becoming a respected professional billiards player,
Joe preferred to keep him working along the lower rungs of pool hustling. When
Johnny learns just how far
Joe has gone to keep him down,
Johnny breaks away from him, but
Joe and his thugs take revenge against
Johnny by breaking his wrists.
Tara (
Alison Eastwood),
Johnny's upper-crust girlfriend, urges him to get out of the pool racket, and
Johnny grudgingly agrees, though he feels empty without the excitement of the table.
Johnny renews ties with his younger brother
Danny (
Michael Rosenbaum), and begins to fear he's going to fall into the same sort of traps that snared him -- especially when he finds out that
Joe has his eyes on
Danny.
Johnny decides to give pool playing another go, and teams up with
Mike (
Christopher Walken), who bankrolls hustlers and would like to take
Joe down a notch or two. But
Joe has found a new player,
Brad (
Rick Schroder), whose talent rivals
Johnny's, and he's not sure if he knows a way to beat him on the green felt.
Poolhall Junkies also features
Rod Steiger in one of his final roles; the film didn't see theatrical release until nearly nine months after his death.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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