“One Day As A Lion” (*1/2 out of four) was a trashy potboiler about a reformed criminal (Scott Caan) who finds out that his son (Dash Melrose) is following in his footsteps and does his best to get him out which puts him at odds with various other mobsters and underworld figures (Frank Grillo, J.K. Simmons, Virginia Madsen, and others) who stand in his path. Solid cast is wasted on an unappealing story full of unpleasant characters and sordid plot turnings; the kind of movie that seems inspired by ’90’s Tarantino and Coen Bros but no longer seems fresh. Caan also wrote this, apparently with something else on his mind.