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Trouble Is My Business

Thomas Konkle (Director, Writer, Producer), Vernon Wells (Actor), Tom Konkle (Actor) Rated:
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4.0 out of 5 stars 73
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Special two-disc collector's edition! Contains both color and black-and-white versions of the film. Detective Roland Drake falls for two sisters from the Montemar family. One woman is dead and the other wants to kill him.  Passion, murder, and betrayal. Just another day at the office.

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 3.5 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Thomas Konkle
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 56 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ February 7, 2019
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Vernon Wells, Brittney Powell, Tom Konkle, Steve Tom, Jordana Capra
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Michael J. Smith, Thomas Konkle
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Random Media
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B079N1QS71
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Thomas Konkle, Brittney Powell
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 out of 5 stars 73

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MarcFusion Dot Com
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, Loving Tribute to Film Noir
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2019
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This self aware love letter to film noir is a fun watch, a movie that is able to balance out budget limitations with a passion for the genre, showing an enthusiasm that is always evident on screen. The narrative is right in the film noir conventions and while the story is predictable at times, the winks to the audience and clear love for the genre more than compensate. You can tell a lot of care went into making sure every scene was infused with that old school film noir DNA, then given some updated twists at times. This is mostly seen in the movie’s sense of humor, which is sometimes over the top, but often pulled off with good skill, to make subtle, but effective comedic bursts. I didn’t even mind the more blunt instances of humor really, as even those were done with an appreciation for the genre, while not veering off the formula too much. I do think the pace is a little slow at times and the visual effects aren’t great, but those are minor issues overall here. I think given the indie nature of the shoot, the green screen work is fine, if obvious, but even major studio movies seem to be skimping in that area, so its hard to knock Trouble Is My Business. I was impressed by the attention to detail and craftsmanship of this one, while also being entertained the entire time, so this movie earns a solid recommendation. Visit my site for a full review!
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Alan Dale Daniel
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Film Noir Fun
Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2019
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Excellent film noir offering. Black & White with lots of good shadows and hard nosed dames. Of course, it has a private eye and crooked cops with a graveyard plus big guns aimed at point blank range toward men, and women, who don’t seem to notice. The best part of this movie is the unexpected ending. I will supply no hints. As everything gets turned upside down the plot gets thick, so the audience needs to just sit back and enjoy the ride.

There’s sexual innuendo and bedroom scenes, but no undressed critical parts show. No cussing, smoking, or swilling down huge amounts of liquor. Pretty tame, and would fit with a 1940s movie quite well. Of course, a few people are knocked off at close range, but no blood splattering all over the wall. And there are several shootouts, with plenty of casualties, but blood and gore are carefully avoided.

I thought the filming was very good. The writing was tight and effective, given the subject. The actors did their job and managed to convince me that they were experiencing real emotions. A few times I thought the acting skirted the edge of going over the top, but overacting was deftly avoided in the final analysis.

Very entertaining and fun. Highly recommended for those seeking crime movies with mystery and a sinuous plot line. Get the popcorn early because you will not want to miss any of this.

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D. Larson
4.0 out of 5 stars Those majestic earlobes!
Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2019
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Writer/Director/Star Tom Konkle has the most magnificent earlobes in indie cinema, no contest. Even with his considerable paunchy heft, Konkle should keep his fedora firmly seated on windy days, lest he go airborne. Not since Lyndon Johnson have I see any pinnae adornments to rival them!

Which is irrelevant to the qualities of “Trouble is My Business” as a movie, it’s just that kept finding myself staring at those enormous ear flaps. Kind of distracting. Which is not a bad thing, because it’s impossible to take “Trouble is My Business” seriously on any level. What we have here is part parody, part pastiche.

It’s rather as if Konkle and cowriter/costar Brittney Powell had spent a long weekend with a list of TCM noir films and a box of storyboard cards. Then, with a full set of tropes in hand, they shuffled and dealt and a script was born. Not a terrible script, either, in that it’s no more coincidence dependent or clichéd than many a more mainstream noir.
The characters are broadly played as archetypes, stereotypes and just plain types; the bad girl, the crooked cops, the damaged but noble P.I., the P.I.’s untrustworthy partner. Seen ‘em all in many a movie, and in “Trouble is My Business”, they’re cardboard parodies, giving their all to dialog assembled from snippets, in what could be an all-too-knowing wink-wink, nudge-nudge.

But here, it’s really quite amusing. There isn’t a sincere moment in the just-about-right 115 minutes, but the corrupt cop is really, really corrupt, the bad girl gets to be two bad girls at once (with a wig that apparently functions like Clark Kent’s identity disguising eyeglasses), and the skeezy ex-partner even has a pencil-thin mustache. So, nice choices all around. If you’re in the right mood, it’s fun.

Yes, the plot is absurd. It’s supposed to be. The characters are well into melodrama; check the bad girl’s sleazy boyfriend, who’s so over-the-top that he should leave a trail of slime behind him. Funny stuff. And a nice casting choice of barely-knowns. Tom Konkle is the anti-Bogart; pudgy, pudding-faced with spindly arms and those attention-grabbing earlobes. Of the bunch, he’s trying the hardest to actually “act”. Brittney Powell, let’s just say that high school productions of “Grease” represent higher art than she’s showing here. But my favorite has to be the scenery-chewing Detective Barry Tate.

Detective Tate, who could give lessons in evilness to Emperor Palpatine. Vernon Wells! Gosh, it was good to see the Mighty Wez again! He’s gotten a lot craggier, but he’s still got the whole barely contained rage and violence thing going for him. He was great; looking at his IMDB filmography, I had no idea he’d been working steadily and prolifically since the dear old “Road Warrior” days. Apparently, he’s been in just about every other Australian exploitation film, direct-to-video and TV procedural. Nice to see that he’s still appreciated.

Be still, my Dog of War. But keep working!

If you take it as a fond tribute riffing on some of your favorite hard-boiled detective movies, “Trouble is My Business” is an enjoyable romp, even if it does drag in some places. There’s nothing to take seriously, but there are bits and pieces you’ll recognize from “real” movies that Tom Konkle clearly has a lot of affection for. And a couple of those “Sin City” style exterior semi-animations are really quite nice. The gritty street scenes and cool old cars are fun, and the glittery skyline of the naked city is worthy of being a late show backdrop. The black and white photography is variable; some scenes show a tonal range that’s not so far off from 35 mm film in the golden era of noir; then again some look like hurry-up shots done with flat lighting and cheap TV show camera moves. But, on the whole, not bad at all.

For a low-budget, no-names little movie with minimal pretensions and dedicated to a beloved genre, I’ll give it four stars.
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5.0 out of 5 stars New School Evocations of Old School Filmmaking
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2020
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Director-screenwriter Tom Konkle gives us the engrossing “Trouble Is My Business,” a knowingly reverent but uniquely-spun throwback to the murky black-and-white shadows of  "The Maltese Falcon"  and other detective-centric noir features that once fired the furnace of Hollywood’s most glamorous era.

While installing a Raymond Chandler aesthetic from behind the lens, Konkle steps in front of it to get his Humphrey Bogart on as private detective Roland Drake, a man who allows himself the inconvenience of falling under the separate spells of two sisters hailing from a renowned family. After sharing bedtime with each, it comes to pass that one sister dies, while the other is soon out to kill him. And that’s when “Trouble Is My Business” finds its elite footing, marrying homage with it own coy brand of humor in this refreshing reimagining of a historically cherished vehicle.

Crisp dialogue cleanly advances a great plot line in a film that the initial purveyors of the noir genre are surely looking down on with loving approval. “Trouble Is My Business” is a new crime drama and an old crime drama, and a terrific movie of its own freestanding merits.
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Sam
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth Watching!
Reviewed in Canada on June 21, 2018
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Tom, Brittany and Vernon are amazing in this film. Jordana Capra steals every scene she is in! Definitely worth watching for any Film Noir fan!
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