‘Mob Land’ Review: John Travolta Patrols an Indie Crime Drama That Is Strong on Atmosphere But Short on Originality

Writer-director Nicholas Maggio may not have intended to be self-critical when, fairly early in his debut feature “Mob Land,” he has one character observe to another about their failing small Southern town, “This whole place has become a fucking cliché.” But the longer this slackly paced rural noir continues, the more that dialogue seems in […]
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