There’s a lot that’s changed since 1984, but the most arresting thing is this: The Pope of Greenwich Village has become gripping.
Not sure if you remember it. It stars Mickey Rourke and Eric Roberts as a pair of luckless Village hustlers who run afoul of the local mob. They get caught stealing a stash of cash intended as the police bribery pot, and the movie depicts the stress placed on the blood-tie loyalty between the two cousins as all hell comes closing in.
