February 17, 2014Mean Streets was one of Martin Scorsese's first films, and it was a pretty boring movie that didn't really amount to much, which I'm a little saddened by. I love early Robert DeNiro movies, and Harvey Keitel is always great, so I had my hopes up for this one. Maybe it would have been better without those expectations, but as it was, I wasn't impressed. Keitel stars as an up-and-coming businessman who everybody likes, and he is always standing up for his friend, DeNiro, who plays a degenerate loser who owes money to everyone around. When one of the people he owes money to decides to collect, Keitel keeps making excuses for him, while DeNiro acts like a rebellious teenager who doesn't care what happens to him. Eventually, the $3000 debt has to be paid, and with only $30 in his pocket, DeNiro decides to just be a jerk to the debtor. DeNiro pulls an unloaded gun on the guy and the guy leaves. When Keitel and DeNiro flee the scene, the guy follows them and shoots into their car. That is basically what happens, with a lot of filler thrown in. The best part of the movie was probably the soundtrack, and supposedly they spent half of their small budget getting the rights to the songs, so that is something.
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