In NJ Movie “Riff Raff”, Ed Harris escapes the criminal past. Then his past appears.

Take Ed Harris, Bill Murray, Jennifer Coolidge, Gabrielle Union and Pete Davidson.

Add some weapons, mob ties, revenge, unpleasant moments and Woodsy New Jersey Suburbia, which disguise themselves as a maine, and you have “riff Raff”.

The film in the theaters Friday (February 28th) plays Harris as a gangster who left a life full of crimes for a life in the family.

He seems satisfied and in peace until the life of crime taps his door … in the form of family.

Alienated family members are once again combined in this dark comedy, a post -christian marinade for discomfort, resentment, half -truths and danger.

As a former Hitman, Jersey Guy Harris (the four-time Oscar candidate grew up in Tenafly), Vincent, a half-injured, hard swagger.

Vince has withdrawn from his bloody days of the mob. He is more interested in building model ships than the packaging of heat. He married Sandy again, played by Union and fully settled into the role of the father for DJ, her college son.

Miles J. Harvey shines as a DJ, a scientific teenager who spends time with his parents in her holiday home during the last winter break before going to Dartmouth to study biology.

But before the family can ring in Maine in their rustic sanctuary in their rustic sanctuary, people from Vince appear to disturb the peace that he carefully maintained.

The biological son of Vince, Rocco (Lewis Pullman, son of Bill Pullman), appears at 4 a.m. with his pregnant girlfriend Marina (Emanuela Postacchini) and his mother Ruth, Vinces ex-wife.

The Emmy winner Jennifer Coolidge addresses her special talents for the role of Ruth, a dazed mother who was put under drugs and thrown into the forest.

There is a lot of comedy here, but now that she faces Vince again, she has a message for Sandy about him – if she will listen.

First, Rocco has some bad news for his father.

Due to an unfortunate recent event with life-changing consequences, the Gangster Leftie and Lonnie, played by Bill Murray and Pete Davidson, are on his way and vince's.

Suddenly the life and safety of everyone present is at risk – DJ and Sandy enclosed.

Bill Murrays Leftie, Vince's former crime partner, harms sudden loss and revenge. He is also more than happy to put Vince's dirty secrets into his “new” family.

As Lonnie, his No. 2, Davidson kills on command, whether cashier or well -intentioned neighbor. (PJ Byrne from Old Tappan appears as an arrogant local.)

The house in the center of the film, in which Vince and Sandys Ferienhaus/Luxe hut plays, is located in Mahwah, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority tells the NJ Advance Media.

“Riff Raff” directed by Dito Montiel (“A guide to recognize her saints”) and written by John Pollono (“Small Engine Repair”), also filmed in private houses in Bayonne and Livingston.

The film, which had its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, spent $ 7,341,827 in New Jersey and received a tax credit of $ 2,580,230, says the EDA.

Production on the film included Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex and Union Counties.

The Edgemont Montessori School in Montclair can be clearly seen in a flashback scene with a memorable exchange between Ruth and DJ.

Here are some other local places in the film:

Prince's farm stood, Bergside

Schiefersstein Farm Market, Clark

St. Mary's General Hospital, Passaic

Upper Montclair Country Club, Clifton

Edgemont Park, Montclair

China Garden, Orange

Johns Midtown Tavern, Bayonne

Da Noi Restaurant, Bayonne

“Riff Raff”Rated R, runs for 1 hour and 43 minutes and is in theater Friday, February 28th.