Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

InspireGato Film Perfection

Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

yoxy87 This movie is very cleverly done, phenomenal dialogs and fantastic acting make this film a real masterpiece. It's about soul of a young man that has been lost in Nazi ideology and Jewish lawyer who will rise above the hate and try to help him. After just one viewing you will not see the true intentions of some sentences, but in the end it will all make sense...I read somewhere that this film should be shown in schools and I think that's a really good idea because it carries the message that is absolutely correct and can affect young people not to go the wrong path. Here, you will not find expensive movie effects but you will see the true human emotions...

pc95 A bit difficult to rate, Steel Toes goes over some dark and unpleasant subject matter - namely violence, ignorance, racist-skinheadism. It delves into it's content unafraid of coarseness of dejectedly hateful thoughts and dialog. It pits a Jewish lawyer intentionally representing a super-punk skinhead. Some of the good aspects include the fireworks-laden dialog along with the banter and fear involved with each confrontation. The process supposedly consumes both characters, but unbelievably at the cost of the lawyer's marriage - I had a hard time buying that. Nonetheless, both the leads turn in very good identifiable performances. The climactic scenes are full of angst, pity, yelling, and realization - very well acted out. However I didn't care for the epilogue too much - I thought the movie could've ended with the perpetrators realization and impact of his crimes. Maybe worth a look if you can stand the unpleasant subject matter.

chuckroddy The movie is fairly well acted and produced, however the movie lacks originality, warmth, and anything that would make the tale necessary to tell.Forgiveness is the primary theme, but never fully explored. The interesting plot points, such as the Lawyer's family shunning him for defending the skinhead, are left unfinished.The ending leaves you feeling downhearted rather than uplifted. The skinhead's change of heart is hard to take seriously.The character's motivations needed to be explored more. This seems like an empty "After School Special."

MrGKB ...although auteur writer/director David Gow's adaptation of his own play, "Cherry Docs," most likely packed a stronger punch on the stage. In a nutshell, a dedicated Jewish liberal humanist, Danny Dunckelman (played by the always reliable David "The Bourne Ultimatum" Strathairn), is appointed by the court to defend Michael Downey (Andrew W. "Sabrina, The Teenage Witch" Walker), an ill-educated lout of a skinhead neo-Nazi who, in a drunken fit of rage, has assaulted and inadvertently killed a Pakistani immigrant. The story centers on the conflict between the two men as they seek to come to terms with each other, and each with himself, as they construct Michael's legal defense. A theme of forgiveness predominates, almost pedantically so, a fault perhaps of the identifiably theatrical dialog. Still, the film is well shot, well acted, and concludes on a reasonable note of uplift and hope. If he can get himself cast in some high-profile roles, Andrew W. Walker will be an actor to watch. Co-director, editor, and cinematographer Mark Adam also contributes a great deal to the pace and look of things, and ought to have a long, successful career. Recommended viewing for those who may need a lesson on the poisonous nature of prejudice, but equally rewarding for those who need reminding of the healing powers of forgiveness.