Matty's father Benny "The Chains" (Dennis Hopper ๐) is a full-blown Brooklyn mob boss who can literally cover entire neighborhoods in darkness โ ๏ธ. All he wants is for his only son to inherit the family business culture like a good little heir. Simple, right? Wrong. โ Matty is so disgustingly soft he can't even pass the most basic gangster test โ killing ONE guy ๐ซ๐. ONE. Buddy failed so hard his dad exiled him to the regular world like a grounded teenager grounded from the mafia. ๐ But here's the sick joke โ because of his dad's reputation, no normal job in New York will touch him. None. He's too mob-adjacent for honest work but too gentle for mob work. MAFIA PURGATORY. ๐๐ฅ So Matty crawls back to daddy ๐งโโ๏ธ and gets handed what the mob calls a "safe assignment" โ transporting half a million dollars of dirty money across the country. ๐งณ๐ต THAT'S where everything goes absolutely sideways. ๐ Desperate and determined not to let his old man down for the millionth time, Matty rounds up the most ridiculously chaotic cavalry you've ever seen: ๐น Johnny Marbles (Seth Green) โ flight-capable but high on responsibility fail ๐น Chris Scarpa (Andrew Davoli) โ morally bendy bestie ๐น Taylor Reese (a BABY-FACED PRE-FAST Vin Diesel ๐ช๐คฏ) โ dangerously tank-topped violence energy These four wannabe gangsters head to a tiny nothing town in Montana expecting an easy in-and-out handoff ๐ฌ. But of course they lose the money โ LOSE IT โ and now the crooked local sheriff (Tom Noonan doing his best high-weirdo creepy guy thing ๐) suddenly has HIS own plans for that half-million. What happens next? Everything from amateur-hour getaway shenanigans ๐ to an unexpectedly brutal climax that'll make you go "oh wait this just got real" ๐. Plus Vin Diesel dropping possibly the most iconic fight resume in cinema history: "500 fights. That's the number I figured when I was a kid. 500 street fights and you could consider yourself a legitimate tough guy." ๐ฅ๐ Does Vin have a loyalty punch card??? ๐๏ธ?? Do you get a free smoothie after 50?? Asking for a friend. โ ๐ฟ So have YOU ever felt completely crushed by your parent's expectations? ๐ณ๏ธ Poll below! Drop your vote! ๐ โ YES โ My whole life is an eternal disappointment parade ๐ช โ NO โ My parents think I'm an absolute angel ๐ (liar) โ I AM the parent who's disappointed ๐ ๐ Comments section: Was Matty's crew lovable losers or just straight-up doomed from the start? The 500 fights speech โ legendary tough-guy talk or unintentional comedy gold? Who's your dream casting for the roles if this got remade today? Let's argue about Vin Diesel's 500 street fights in the comments ๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ Movie: Knockaround Guys (2001) โญ Starring: Barry Pepper, Vin Diesel (pre-Fast & Furious baby era), Seth Green, Andrew Davoli, Dennis Hopper, John Malkovich ๐ Also known as: ่กๅคด้ธ็ / ้ปๅธฎ็ฌฌไบไปฃ ๐ฅ Director duo: Brian Koppelman & David Levien ๐ Rated R for: violence, language, and some very questionable life choices #KnockaroundGuys #BarryPepper #VinDiesel #SethGreen #DennisHopper #JohnMalkovich #Early2000sMovies #MafiaComedy #500StreetFights #UnderratedCrimeMovies #MobMovie #NepotismBaby #DadIssuesMovie #HoodClassics #EarlyVinDiesel #MontanaCrime #CultClassicInTheMaking
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Imagine spitting chewing tobacco on someone's leg and then telling them you dont have a problem with them. Who writes this shit?
Oh look, it's Waingro
When I was in the army I saw a lot of guys who considered themselves tough. And then they discovered the army has a lot of categories of ''tough...''
Vin Diesel and Barry Pepper...Saving Private Ryan
I hate bullies ... it is still satisfying to see one get his due.
the villan looks like the grown up kid from bad news bears 1977
500 street fights has to be the cheesiest tough guy nonsense ever.๐
Knockaround Guys 2001... Vin Diesel delivers a beat down in a bar.
Knockaround Guys is underrated, in my opinion.
500 fights and no cauliflower ear ๐?
Waingro. He will always be Waingro. He was making a move, he had to get it on.
one of the best clips ever, people. Tough guy.....meets a real man.
I guess you are a tough guy until you find someone better ๐.
Cheesy acting brutal
Barry is great in everything he has ever been in, The Snow Walker was fantastic, so was 61, Saving Private Ryan etc.
Yeah he'll do. Gotta love Knockaround Guys
Who tf takes vin diesel seriously ๐
You know it top tier when Vin Diesel is in it. And apparently the tough guy is not the man that decides who walks the fuCKOUTTAHERE
That ended too quick.
Vin diesel has made a career out of saying the gayest one liners in cinema