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First-time writer Daniel Depp presents private investigator David Spandau, an ex-stuntman acquainted with the ins and outs of Hollywood -- a smart, rough, and wickedly funny observer of la vie L.A. -- whose patience is nearly sapped when he's hired to protect professional Bobby Dye from a blackmailing plan gone wrong. Dye -- young, brash, and on the verge of becoming a major celebrity -- has been set up by gangster Richie Stella, a nightclub owner and medicine supplier with dreams of becoming a Hollywood company. And he has a movie ideal for Bobby; problem is, it's the worst script anyone's ever read. But Richie is challenging to say no to, and when he retaliates, the game gets a bit more deadly for lots of of its players.
A Hollywood insider himself, Depp is no stranger to the temptations and illusions of the City of Angels and its own ambitious, cutthroat denizens. Loser's Town is charged with the elements of all great L.A. noir -- crackling dialogue, fast-paced storyline, and seedy, jaded personas -- and Depp brings a few new steps to the genre with sadistic talent agents, washed-up celebrities looking because of their second coming, and small-time hustlers just attempting to make a modest living beyond your limelight. Loser's Town is a deftly written thriller -- a gruesomely entertaining, sometimes wistful depiction of how are you affected beneath those white words on the mountainside.
