“Zoey” (** out of four) was an ineffectual melodrama about a young man (Kyle Myhre) who returns home to NYC and hits a brick wall when trying to find work and in desperation hooks up with his drug-dealing brother (Jason Utnick) who gets him into the lucrative underworld of selling cocaine. Upon meeting the title character Zoey (Ruth Maria Flores), he then sees her as his savior to get him out of his rut in life but needs to find a way to leave the streets behind and get out unscathed. Gritty story with authentic NYC locations and atmosphere which harks back to ’70’s-era Scorcese and ’90’s-era Nick Gomez but unfortunately the script and characters are less-than-compelling. Lead actor Myhre also directed.