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Men With Guns (1998)

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Average Rating: 7.6/10
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For her second feature, Canadian director Kari Skogland (The Size of Watermelons) treads Tarantino turf with the violent visuals of this crime drama. Small-time hoods Eddie (Donal Logue) and Lucas (Gregory Sporleder) go to a rural area to collect a debt but instead get a dose of sexual humiliation from thugs they encounter there. With stoned Mamet (Callum Keith Rennie) accompanying them, they return to the farm, battle it out, and leave with a big cocaine stash, property of druglord Horace Burke

R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Directed By: John Sayles

Written By: John Sayles

In Theaters: Sep 5, 1997 Wide

On DVD: Sep 23, 2003

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Cast

Donal Logue
Goldman
Gregory Sporleder
Lucas
Callum Keith Rennie
Mamet
Max Perlich
Easy Gary
Paul Sorvino
Horace Burke
Joseph Griffin
Mickey Burke
Derek Ritschel
Kevin Janey
William MacDonald
Becker
Federico Luppi
Dr. Fuentes
Dami�n Delgado
Domingo the soldier
Dan Rivera Gonzalez
Conejo the boy
Tania Cruz
Graciela the mute girl
Dami�n Alc�zar
Padre Portillo the prie...
Mandy Patinkin
Andrew
Kathryn Grody
Harriet
Iguandili Lopez
Mother
Nandi Luna Ramirez
Daughter
Rafael de Quevedo
General
Roverto Sosa
Bravo
Danny Rivera

Critic Reviews for Men With Guns

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Quintessentially Sayles

August 19, 2005 Comment

Pete Vonder Haar

Film Threat

A sort of Heart of Darkness in South America

May 28, 2005 Comment

Luke Y. Thompson

New Times

The themes of family, civil war, and leaving a lasting legacy resonate strongly.

December 8, 2004 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

This is actually a largely quiet, compelling chronicle of a man's discovery of the horrors going on not far from his own backyard, and Sayles has written, directed and edited the piece in his usual calm and understated style.

July 31, 2003 Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette

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James Sanford

Kalamazoo Gazette

A Wizard of Oz construct in the same way as Apocalypse Now is a Wizard of Oz construct.

July 6, 2002 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

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Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

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This was my first John Sayles film that I am aware of. It came from my list of Films from the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival and as I have said in each review of a film from that list, they have yet to show a bad film. I am told that Sayles is a Independent American Filmmaker and he proves it in this film. A

June 13, 2009