“Clover” (*1/2 out of four) was an unlucky melodrama about two none-too-bright Irish brothers (Mark Webber and Jon Abrahams) who find themselves in hot water when they both owe money to the same short-tempered mafia boss (Chazz Palminteri) and are subsequently pursued by two female assassins (Erika Christensen and Julia Jones) and have to attempt to re-obtain the money to pay back and stay alive. Misguided mix of violent underworld melodrama and black comedy runs on empty after a while. Palminteri adds some style as always and more-or-less seems to be playing Sonny again from “A Bronx Tale” but there’s no Robert De Niro in sight here.

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