Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Calum Hutton It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

merklekranz The main problem I have with "Scenes of the Crime" is that none of the characters are likable. They are all either gangsters or on the take. The film is extremely claustrophobic, taking place mostly inside a van or in a deli. The movie is also confusing, with lots of unseen characters being mentioned, and speaking of characters, none are really well developed. The presence of Bob Gunton, and R. Lee Ermey is a plus, while Jeff Bridges, playing against type, is a hard sell as a mob boss. The whole thing, although supposedly based on fact, is difficult to swallow, because it never feels genuine. Although the acting isn't bad, the entertainment value is questionable. - MERK

pheed I recently caught this movie on cable. While the production values definitely had a lower budget, indie feel I thought the movie was quite good. I love small scale action drama movies and this was an excellent example...up until the end. The movie ends very abruptly and with a completely unnecessary cliffhanger that is resolved literally seconds later. To me it felt like an ending that was deliberately placed there by one of these possibilities:1. The production ran out of money. They wanted to shoot a better ending but simply couldn't due to budget.2. The studio pressured the director to make a cut, and so to spite them she literally took a meat cleaver to the film.When the realities of film making tend to stick their noses so blatantly into a movie it tends to ruin the rest of it for me.I give it a six out of ten, but I will definitely keep eye open for this director in the future.

marbleann I am a Jeff Bridges fan, I feel he is the most under-rated actor anywhere. So I took a look at this movie. Alright, but not what I expected because the beginning of the movie was pretty exciting. SPOILERS AHEAD! I agree with the person who said it was easy to predict what was going to happen because of the so called old man who looked like a bum paid 200 bucks to get rid of two painters. He needed the apartment. Jeff Bridges gets kidnapped and everything goes haywire. So we spend most of the movie listening to him trying to convince this poor driver to do the right thing. Parts of the movie takes place in a deli because they happen to be across the street from the scene of the crime. BORING. The movie was ok but don't look for any excitement after the first 15 minutes of the movie.

dave8436 Saw the DVD release of this film recently. I couldn't quite predict the plot outcome until the end - so it gained points for that as well as Jeff Bridges and Noah Wylie's turns as bad guys. I kept wondering if I had seen this earlier and just realized it was similar to "Phone Booth" in that all the action takes place in a van in the street and there is a mystery shooter (at the end). OK for a rental if you don't have anything better to watch.