DVD Review: The Black Donnellys - The Complete Series

Take the melodramatic relationships and good looks of Dawson's Creek (don't forget the soft indie rock that plays under everything for additional heartstring pulling), get the entire cast drunk on Jameson's Irish Whisky, give them a thorough pub brawl beating by the members of The Pogues and Flogging Molly, and then dump them in a New York mob neighborhood and you're getting somewhere close to what NBC's single-season show was trying to come across as.

The Donnellys -- Jimmy, Tommy, Kevin, and Sean -- are four brothers who have grown up in a small Irish neighborhood in New York, and now as adults are trying to carve out something resembling a living, and while not trying to kill each other, are standing up to the powerful Italian mob that wants to take over the neighborhood. Jimmy, is the owner of the Firecracker Lounge and as eldest is also leader of the small crimes that perpetual gambler Kevin and baby-brother Sean commit with him. Tommy, on the other hand, has foresworn crime and hopes to make a living as an artist. But his love for his brother, as well as his secret love for childhood friend Jenny, keeps him in the neighborhood...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!