I looked forward to seeing this because it starred James Woods , an actor who`s as underrated as he is impressive ( Check out his performance in ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA where he outshines De Niro , and this was when De Niro was still an acting god ) and who`s always been great at playing intense anti-heroes . I`d actually pay good money to see Woods read out his shopping list so when the satillite TV station issued a warning about " The following film contains scenes of violence " ( Warnings about violence is unprecedented at 1 am on a satillite TV station ) I thought I`d be seeing a real tour de force acting class by Woods but as the credits started the words " A film by Larry Clark " came up . I`ve never seen a film by Clark but knew of his reputation and ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE plays very much like how a Clark film is supposed to play : drug abuse , explicit teenage sex , drug dealing in a violent low concept plot with totally amoral characters on a fast track to hell . This is a really bleak , nihilistic , gritty film with some really cruel violence . It should be praised for showing how utterly pornographic violence is , but it`s also a film you won`t want to watch more than once no matter how much you love James Woods acting style
Review of Another Day in Paradise
