Kings of South Beach

*Kings of South Beach*
Kings of South Beach
	DVD cover
Written by	Nicholas Pileggi
Directed by	Tim Hunter
Starring	Donnie Wahlberg; Jason Gedrick;
Music by	Rob Mounsey
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Sonny Grosso; Larry Jacobson; Clay Kahler; Van Vandegrift;
Producers	Nicholas Pileggi; Kip Konwiser;
Cinematography	Patrick Cady
Editor	Sunny Hodge
Running time	90 minutes
Production companies	Grosso-Jacobson Communications; Sony Pictures Television;
Original release
Network	A&E
Release	March 12, 2007

Kings of South Beach is a 2007 American

crime drama television film directed by Tim Hunter and written by Nicholas Pileggi, about an infamous operator of nightclubs in the South Beach section of Miami Beach, Florida. The lead character is portrayed by Jason Gedrick; his best friend is portrayed by Donnie Wahlberg. The film premiered on March 12, 2007 on A&E

.

Background

The film is loosely based on a true story about the exploits of

Madonna

.

After an intense undercover investigation, Paciello was arrested on racketeering and murder charges, and went on to testify against known members and associates of the Colombo and Bonanno crime families.

Cast

Donnie Wahlberg as Andy Burnett
Jason Gedrick as Chris Troiano
Ricardo Antonio Chavira
as Enrique
Brian Goodman as Lt. Jim Hawke
Frank John Hughes as Lt. Houlton
Steven Bauer as Allie Boy
Sean Poolman
as Manny Jones
Ariane Sommer as Girl at the Bar
Nadine Velazquez as Olivia Palacios

Production

Filming took place entirely in

tax rebate from the Puerto Rico Film Commission.^[1]

Reception

New York Post critic Linda Stasi rates Kings of South Beach as a "four star film" with a casting described as “perfect.”^[2] Robert Bianco of USA Today describes "Gedrick and Wahlberg as absolutely first-rate, as these fine actors tend to be."^[3] Scott Weinberg of DVD Talk-Review, however, called it "obvious, listless, and completely predictable from start to finish", and said that "Kings of South Beach is little more than a very thin retread of several much better crime stories."^[4]