Stars: Stephen Baldwin, Katie Griffin, Peter Gallagher

Director: John Flynn

Summary: A mobster moves to a new town after he gets himself into trouble with other mobsters...

Stephen Baldwin stars as Sal, a member of a New York mobster family. He must testify against his own family or risk going to jail himself. When he chooses to testify he must 'disappear' to protect himself from vengeful gangsters. But he's double-crossed and he must turn to new friend Ted (Peter Gallagher, AMERICAN BEAUTY) to help him evade the the mob once more.

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In Witness Protectionlifelong Mafia hood Bobby "Bats" Batton (Tom Sizemore) wakes up one night to discover a price on his head and nowhere to go but to the cops, under protection as a federal witness. Based on the article "The Invisible Family" by Robert Sabbag, this HBO film drops us into the volatile period between lives as Bats takes his family off the streets and into a federal bunker where they begin shaping their new identities. Surrounded by surveillance cameras and locked in an apartment that feels like a fancy prison block, the formerly prosperous family starts to suffocate and self-destruct while it becomes clear just what a "readjustment of expectations" really means.

Sizemore is excellent as the hot-headed gangster paralysed by helplessness, but Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is especially moving as the once-hopeful wife who buckles as her husband's secrets and lies are revealed. It's an interesting dynamic: the swaggering goodfella forced into a working-class life elicits little sympathy, but the toll on the family torn apart by recriminations, blame and frustration is affecting and powerful. They're undergoing a crash course in family therapy with federal official Forest Whitaker as their tough-love crisis counsellor. While the screenplay at times feels contrived, the drama is always potent. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

Aspect Ratio:	16:9 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Production Notes, Interactive Trailers
Subtitles:	English
Year:	2001
Release Date:	December 16, 2002
Runtime:	92 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	M P 204 D V D
Keywords:	General, Wide, Screen, Thriller, Protection
Genre:	Thriller