Nick Stagliano Movies
Fifteen years after leaving his family in exchange for his daughter's life, a repentant father returns home to face the tyrant who took everything he ever cared about. When Luke Cain (Robert Patrick) double-crossed Lyle Tyrus (Lance Henrickson), he knew that coming back home could mean certain death. The only thing that saved Luke's wife Sarah (Samantha Mathis) and their ailing daughter Emily was the fact that he vanished without a trace. But now Emily (Mika Boorem) wants her father back. When a clandestine family reunion at a quiet café on the edge of town catches the attention of Lyle's brother Norman (Richard Brake) and his vicious gang of killers, however, the stage is set for a bloody showdown. Lyle Tyrus wants his revenge, and he isn't about to let Deputy Doug Brady (Joe Flanigan) stop him from getting it. But café owner Hec Hawkins (Hal Holbrook) and Rose Carter (Kathy Baker) aren't the types to stand idly by as Lyle and his thugs torment a desperate family. Unlike the past, today there is no running away for Luke. He's come back for his family, and this time he's going to stand up and fight for them. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Robert Patrick, Hal Holbrook, (more)
The regulars at a shot-and-a-beer bar in a decaying working-class town are the focus of Nick Stagliano's drama The Florentine. Michael Madsen plays Whitey, who owns a bar called The Florentine where most of the guys he knows hang out. His sister Molly (Virginia Madsen, Michael's real life sister) is soon to be married, and Whitey has been saving up for a nice reception. But when her old boyfriend Teddy (Tom Sizemore) comes back into town, bets for the wedding would seem to be off, which may be just as well -- Whitey's buddy Frankie (Luke Perry) got hold of the wedding cash and lost it to Billy Munucci (James Belushi), a con artist with a far quicker turn of mind. Whitey has other money problems; the bar has been mortgaged to a low-level gangster named Joe (Burt Young), who has been leaning on Whitey's friend Bobbie (Chris Penn) to pay off his mounting gambling debts. Bobbie is trying to stay one step ahead of Joe, which doesn't leave him much time to patch up his ailing marriage to Vicki (Mary Stuart Masterson). The screenplay by Damien Gray and Tom Benson was adapted from the Off-Broadway drama penned by Gray. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, (more)
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