Juliette Lewis in Romeo Is Bleeding (1994)

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A dirty cop can’t help himself, and he has no allies to whom to turn for guidance or assistance. Look at the besieged antihero of Romeo Is Bleeding (1994). All of New York City is not big or dirty enough to hide his iniquities. On the take, setting up his own brethren of the badge for gangster extermination, he has no one to confide in. Certainly his jealous and suspicious wife will not sit still while he explains the bricks of cash he is burying in their backyard. His precocious teenage concubine is a comfort, no doubt, but also leads to further torment of guilt and inadequacy. The façade crashes when a crafty Russian gangster gal escapes the corrupt dick’s custody with a nifty squeeze of her thighs. Is there any doubt that crooked Romeo will end the show far from home and all on his own?