# Staten Island (2009)

> Three Staten Island residents become entangled in a grimly comic chain of mob betrayal, desperate ambition, and fatal chance.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/15420

## Facts

- Runtime: 96 min
- Genres: Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
- Director: James DeMonaco
- Cast: Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Seymour Cassel, Julianne Nicholson, Ian Brennan, Michael Hogan, Larry Mitchell, Rosemary De Angelis
- TMDB rating: 6.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0976246/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: bleak, absurdist, sentimental, dark movie night, crime film marathon

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