The Prime Gig Review
Sober, stylized, and subtly mournful, this superior examination of the underbelly of big business came out the same year as Boiler_Room but failed to receive a proper theatrical release. That's too bad, for The Prime Gig has more on its mind than simply updating the corruption-and-greed trappings of Wall_Street for a new generation of moviegoers. Avoiding both the grandstanding and the black-and-white morality of those other films, Gregory_Mosher's directorial debut instead excavates the fluorescent-bathed banality and self-delusion that characterize the shadier corners of the financial industry. Mosher clearly knows his material: He helmed David_Mamet's similarly themed +Glengarry Glen Ross on Broadway a quarter century earlier. Nevertheless, the film captures its own brand of scuzzy glamour thanks to sharp writing from newcomer William_Wheeler and the beautiful photography of veteran John_A._Alonzo. Vince_Vaughn gives a quietly forceful lead performance, bolstered by the pugnacious intensity of Ed_Harris and the crystalline mystery of Julia_Ormond. Although the fine supporting cast includes playwright Wallace_Shawn and TV vets Amber_Benson and George_Wendt, the focus is squarely on the three leads. The femme-fatale question mark hanging over Ormond and the sexual gamesmanship between Harris and Vaughn may come straight from film noir, but their migration to the world of strip-mall office space enlivens the material in both directions. Brian J. Dillard, Rovi
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