“Smoke Screen” (*1/2 out of four) was a sleazy, derivative underworld melodrama about a botched assassination of the U.S. Attorney General which leads its perpetrators into hiding which leads to a war breaking out amongst various criminal factions (Dechen Thurman, Aesha Waks, Camrus Johnson, and others). Writer/director/star Sean Buttimer obviously watched “Mean Streets” several times before this but neither the characters, performances, or storytelling are as passionate or rich as that better-than-ever 1973 masterpiece. Co-star Thurman is Uma’s brother