Find Me Guilty - Movie Review

Vin Diesel Find me guilty

Vin Diesel is completely different from the other muscle brandishing characters he has played before (or after!).  Written and Directed by Sidney Lumet and T.J. Manchini, Find Me Guilty is based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio who is a mobster arrested after a drugs bust.  Sentenced to thirty years and realising that the lawyer assigned to him probably got him that thirty years (for being utterly useless!) decides the best person to represent DiNorscio…. Is DiNorscio!  The prosecutor Sean Kierney (Linus Roache) offers DiNorscio a deal to rat on his mafia family/friends in exchange for freedom but obviously tells him where to go!

This movie is fantastic! Forget Scarface, Godfather and all of those kind of hard to watch beat em up gangster/mafia movies.

Find Me Guilty is funny, palatable and clever.  Vin Diesel plays the part fantastically – a mobster who is loved and much respected by his family and in the end the apposing family Nick Calabrese (Alex Rocco – great actor!). 

The wardens in prison are like his neighbours next door, even showing DiNorscio respect – there is a scene at the beginning where DiNorscio is being taken to court and DiNorscio (rides in the back of the car like they are all off to watch a baseball game) asks the driver to please open the window, driver says no, DiNorscio leans over onto one butt cheek (gorgeous as it maybe) and lets one rip.  The warden groans laughingly and opens the window.  Classic and not common for a Vin Diesel character - Brilliant! 

The only downside to this movie is that I can’t stand to watch Vin Diesel smoke!!  Strange issue I know but the movie didn’t need him to be a faggy (even if he is one in real life – unfortunately!).

Movie review by Zora Rajsic