'The Westies' Review: J.K. Simmons Crime Drama Fails to Rise Above Genre Clichés

MGM+ crime drama 'The Westies' stars J.K. Simmons and Titus Welliver in a flat tale of New York's Irish mob and the building of the Javits Center.

Alison Herman2h ago5 min readenReview

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We’re heading back to 1980s NYC as we enter the wild world of the Westies criminal gang.

Hell’s Kitchen is about to get a whole lot bloodier.

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