Slick, but unpersuasive crime thriller `The Persian Connection` ventures into L.A.`s Iranian underworld
(LA Times Clippers)

It´s hard to fully connect with the darkly glitzy gangster drama `The Persian Connection` and its motley array of damaged, self-serving characters. Writer-director Daniel Y-Li Grove impresses with his sleek, inventive style and effective pacing but falls short on depth and substance. As a child,...