Laws of Gravity

Shot in Brooklyn in 12 days on a $38,000 budget, this flawlessly acted movie about two dead-end thieves owes an obvious debt to Mean Streets, yet it finds an urgent, hyperreal style all its own.

The point with Laws of Gravity, no matter what it cost, is that the screenplay and the acting do such an accurate job of achieving the movie's goals.

One of the freshest indies of the 1990s, Laws of Gravity offers an ultra-realistic depiction of terrifying nihilism

...A sustained level of tension that few street dramas can match.