Average Rating: 4.7/10
Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 4
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Release Date: Mar 6, 1998 Wide
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Average Rating: 3.2/5
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In this crime drama, New York journalist Jake Bridges (William Petersen), off on a bender in Atlantic City, gets into a bar confrontation with Lew Collins (Meat Loaf) but is rescued by gregarious Frankie McGregor (Michael Wincott), a member of a gang headed by Irishman Lange (Michael Byrne), a sadist in a wheelchair. After Bridges gets an eyeful of Frankie's girlfriend, nurse Melissa (Diane Lane), he finds excuses to drop by the hospital where she works. Admiring Bridges's credentials as a
Mar 6, 1998 Wide
May 31, 2005
Sterling Entertainment
All Critics (6) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (4) | DVD (2)
Don't expect to be overwhelmed.
It's clearly a good time with a good heart. Go see it.
In an interesting twist on Born Yesterday a mob-type enforcer befriends a down-on-his-luck writer to help him and learn from him. There are definitely quite a few plot twists that kept things moving, but the direction was sadly lacking. I am a fan of William Petersen so I truly wanted to be engaged in this movie, to
January 31, 2009Gunshy is one of those predictable movies whose ending defied prediction, which saved it from being rated a 1.5 star versus a 2.5 star feature (cable-generated). Petersen uses his CSI persona to deliver a Hemingwayish character and it fails miserably. The movie is saved from Petersen's flaws by Diane Lane and Michael
November 1, 2009
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