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Released after years in
juvenile hall, The Kid (Jacob Nathaniel) begins asking questions
about the murder of his father, Duke Mantee (Ben Gazzara), a small time
gangster working for local Mafia boss, Ma Delaney (Karen Black). As he
digs into
the shadows of the past, he learns that Duke was hired to kill Johnny
Blue Cloud,
owner of the
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Cove’s Indian
casino. Having a change of heart, and wanting to spare his old friend,
Duke tells Blue Cloud of a list of names that Ma Delaney has compiled:
names
of prominent politicians she has been black-mailing over the years.
Searching
through Duke’s things, The Kid discovers the list. Tempted to
sell it to the highest
bidder, and run away with his
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girlfriend, Angel, he
finds himself trapped in
Paradise Cove: a deranged FBI agent hounds him to be a snitch and a manic street preacher calls him the biblical David, come to slay the Goliath of oppression. The Mafia wants him dead. As he struggles to survive, The Kid must take charge of his own fate. Will he go straight and testify against the Mob, or sell out to the gangsters and run? |
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Shot in the moody noir
style by acclaimed cinematographers Mickey Freeman and Bill
Heick, the film features intense action, romance, and original music
performed
by renowned jazz singer Laura Theodore.
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