''Off Jackson Avenue'' is a 2008 American crime thriller drama film written by, directed by and starring John-Luke Montias.

Cast

Jessica Pimentel Jessica Pimentel (born September 20, 1982) is an American actress and musician. She is best known for her role as Maria Ruiz on the Netflix original series ''Orange Is the New Black.'' She is also the lead singer of the metal band Alekhine's G ...

as Olivia *

Stivi Paskoski Stivi Paskoski (born 1974 or 1975) is an Macedonian American actor. He hosted the TV series ''Video Power'' as Johnny Arcade and played Pete McGonagle on ''Brotherhood''. Paskoski has also appeared in the film '' Cash Only'' and episodes of '' H ...

as Milot *Jun Suenaga as Tomo *

Aya Cash Aya Rachel Cash is an American actress. She is best known for starring as Gretchen Cutler in the FX/FXX dark comedy series ''You're the Worst'' (2014–2019), as Stormfront in the Amazon Prime Video superhero drama series '' The Boys'' (2020–2 ...

as Olga *Gene Ruffini as Uncle Jack *John-Luke Montias as Joey *Clem Cheung as Eddie Chang *

Daniel Oreskes Daniel Oreskes is an American actor known for his roles in ''Law & Order'', and ''Law & Order: Organized Crime''. Oreskes has also appeared in numerous Broadway theatre, Broadway productions and narrates audiobooks. Oreskes graduated from the Un ...

as Ivan *Judith Hawking as Donna * Jim Tooey as Russ *Michael Gnat as Wall Street Jimmy

Release

The film was released at the

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in New York City on July 17, 2009.

Reception

The film has a 59% rating on

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based on 17 reviews. Ronnie Scheib of ''

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'' gave the film a positive review and wrote, "its laid-back absurdist tone and no-nonsense pacing make for an audio-visual delight." Andrew Schenker of ''

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'' awarded the film one and a half stars out of four and wrote, "Sex slavery, Japanese hit men, and ordinary car thieves converge on the mean streets of Long Island City in ''Off Jackson Avenue'', John-Luke Montias's engagingly lurid but ultimately tepid crime drama."

References

External links

* * {{Rotten Tomatoes, 1213727-off_jackson_avenue American crime thriller films 2000s American films