Randy and the Mob (Blu-ray Review)
Director
Ray McKinnonRelease Date(s)
2007 (April 7, 2026)Studio(s)
Capricorn Pictures/Ginny Mule Pictures/Timbergrove Entertainment (Lightyear Entertainment)- Film/Program Grade: B-
- Video Grade: C+
- Audio Grade: C+
- Extras Grade: B+
Review
Award winning character actor Ray McKinnon pulls triple, or rather quadruple duty in this charming indie film. The director, writer, and star (in two main roles) plays Randy Pearson, an aspiring entrepreneur in a small Southern town who has four too many plates spinning and to make ends meet, borrowed some money from shady guys willing to give it to him up in Atlanta. When he gets audited by the IRS he finds himself out of money and out of time and the mob comes to collect. Rather than shake him down, however, they saddle him with an autistic numbers guy named Tino Armani (like the suits, but no relation) played by a firecracker Walton Goggins (who also co-produces). Things just go madcap from there. McKinnon also plays his somewhat estranged gay twin brother Ceci, who he turns to for cash. McKinnon’s late wife and producing partner Lisa Blount also appears as Randy’s sad wife making do teaching dance to kids and painting on plates (it’ll mean something later).
McKinnon and Goggins love the South—and none of that stereotypical stuff. They love the characters, the atmosphere and the vistas, Randy and the Mob is a love letter to the South and you can tell. It’s well made and entertaining, but light. I doubt it will be anyone’s favorite film, but it keeps your attention and it’s a lot of fun.
This Blu presents the film well, but not great—they used a very damaged print to make this 1.78:1 formatted transfer, so dust, dirt, reel changes and a moment of tearing can all be seen. This makes for an unreliable video presentation with washed out colors, loose blacks and lack of real detail. It’s watchable, but in this age, it’s a negative. I would consider, just being able to see, let alone own, adds some positivity—but this is a review so I have to knock it. Audio is similarly flat—you can hear everything in PCM 2.0, but the lack of subtitles is a bummer. The extras featured here include a trailer, The Making of Randy and The Mob, a twenty-five minute behind the scenes featurette showcasing the fun times making the film—the best of which includes the making of the sequence at the dump. Finally, there’s the Academy Award winning short film The Accountant, which was released on Blu on its own and I go into further here.
- Todd Doogan