Dropping 'f' bombs + violence = 'gritty'?
I thinks not. That's the problem with movies like this. It confuses cursing for character development. I figured that it was written & directed by someone who more than likely had never stepped foot into an urban area. That is, until I saw this link:
www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/1875/Events/1875/Writerdire_Vespa_838231_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Fisher,%20Chris%20(III)
A picture of the writer/director. This guy is on some real gangsta sh-t, yo.