![]() ![]() Naturally, he gets in too deep and finds himself committing crimes as heinous as those he’s meant to stop.Ĭlearly enamoured with his cast, Abeckaser creates a showcase here for an assortment of fine character actors, all of them turning up their outer borough accents to max and enjoying themselves. Recognising an opportunity to infiltrate the branch of the Gambino crime family to which Chris belongs, Bobby persuades his police chief (Bo Dietl) to give him support as he goes undercover and becomes part of their crew. With his career in tatters, Bobby goes one worse and beats up a guy in a public toilet – a crime that pays in the sense that it gives him an in with local drug dealer Chris (Jake Cannavale), who was himself in a fight with the beating victim. Hirsch, currently ubiquitous in low budget features these days, is on pretty good form as Bobby Belucci, an NYPD detective who gets busted down to a desk job after he attacks a man he stumbles on kissing his wife. Nevertheless, this isn’t an entirely unwatchable film. Moreover, the dialogue has none of the musicality or swagger of GoodFellas or its flair for detail and wit. The big difference, apart from the fact that director and supporting actor Danny A Abeckaser is no Scorsese, is that the film has been made on a speck of a budget and it all seems to unfold on two or three sets, and clearly there was no money for even a Bay City Rollers song, let alone a Rolling Stones number, on the soundtrack. This runs through every element here, from the setting among tertiary-level mafiosi driving huge gas-guzzling 1970s cars and running rackets, to its use of freeze frames and a voiceover by Emile Hirsch as the narrator-protagonist Hirsch’s vocal timbre tracks so closely to Ray Liotta’s in GoodFellas that it seems only a harmonic or two away. It’s not a remake in any way and revolves around totally different characters and a different plot, but it somehow does a cheap karaoke version of GoodFellas’ rhythms, phrasing, look and general vibe. And while it merely borrows the title of better made movies, there’s something almost superfan-stalkerish about this film’s relationship to Martin Scorsese’s GoodFellas. The rest is history: Undercover has proven itself as a force to be reckoned with, influencing both people in the fashion industry and creatives who dream for greatness.This 70s-set based-on-a-truish-story crime drama about an undercover cop embedded with mobsters was originally released in the US as The Gemini Lounge for some reason it’s been retitled Inside Man for the UK, but on no account should it be confused with either the excellent Spike Lee-directed heist movie from 2006 or the recent Netflix show starring David Tennant. This strategy of incorporating high quality clothing with youth and streetwear sensibilities would build up Undercover’s notoriety over the years, eventually taking the spotlight on the world stage from its debut Paris collection at Paris Fashion Week in 2002 and beyond. Takahashi, together the Japanese fashion figures Hiroshi Fujiwara and Nigo, created the ‘limited streetwear’ formula before the likes of Supreme ever did, creating a mysterious aura around his brand as a result. The beginnings of Undercover consisted of clothing inspired by the work of Vivienne Westwood, but soon began to find its own voice and soon enough its own cult following. ![]() ![]() This fascination with clothing led him to enroll in Japan’s prestigious Bunka Fashion College, where he would create Undercover together with his friend Hironori Ichinose. ![]() Its impact on both fashion and culture as a whole is simply incomprehensible, but perhaps we can gain a clearer understanding of it through it’s founder Jun Takahashi.īorn in 1969 in the countryside of Japan, Jun Takahashi radiated rebellious energy from the very beginning, becoming infatuated with English punk band Sex Pistols and punk-esque designer Vivienne Westwood from a young age. From its highly acclaimed collections capturing the essence of the times, to collaborations with a wide range of brands including Supreme and Nike, the Japanese cult brand is a pioneer in combining youth and countercultures with high fashion over the course of decades. Believe it or not, all of these words and more come to mind when people hear the name ‘Undercover’. ![]()
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