Film Review – Cash Only

As a gritty, low-wattage crime story, “Cash Only” has a few interesting deviations from the norm. It’s not every day that one encounters a tale of survival that highlights the quick-thinking actions of an apartment landlord, and the feature explores the Albanian immigrant experience in America, identifying community interaction in Detroit. “Cash Only” is effective and periodically nail-biting, but that it works so hard to remain fresh for those burned out by the same gangster business found in dozens of movies every year is its real achievement. Screenwriter/star Nickola Shreli puts some thought into the picture, which manages to capture desperation superbly, at least until the final 20 minutes.  Read the rest at Blu-ray.com