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The Way of the Gun (2000)
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Reviews Counted: 101
Fresh: 48
Rotten:53
Average Rating: 5.4/10
Consensus: The Way of the Gun has some good parts, but overall, the movie is derivative, sloppy, and sluggish.
Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Box Office: $2,150,979
Synopsis: Two professional criminals, Parker (Ryan Phillippe) and Longbaugh (Benicio Del Toro), think they've devised the plan of a lifetime: kidnap Robin (Juliette Lewis), a pregnant surrogate mother, then... Two professional criminals, Parker (Ryan Phillippe) and Longbaugh (Benicio Del Toro), think they've devised the plan of a lifetime: kidnap Robin (Juliette Lewis), a pregnant surrogate mother, then collect on the ransom money from the parents-to-be. However, when Parker begins to take a shine to the kidnapping victim, the plan begins to crumble. But it is not until a heavily armed group of mob hit men arrive with the ransom money that Parker and Longbaugh realize they've cooked up a spicy stew of chaos, violence, and confusion. The unborn baby tops it off, making Christopher McQuarrie's THE WAY OF THE GUN a terrifically tense nail-biter. [More]
Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Benicio Del Toro, James Caan, Taye Diggs
Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Benicio Del Toro, James Caan, Taye Diggs, Juliette Lewis, Nicky Katt
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Screenwriter: Christopher McQuarrie
Producer: Kenneth Kokin
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Reviews for The Way of the Gun
An odd mingling of the old and the no-longer-quite-so-new, a picture that shows flashes of wit but as a whole doesn't hang together.
It wants to keep you guessing, but there are so many twists and turns that I gave up trying to guess.
one hell of a sick, exhilarating roller coaster ride through Modern Film Noire Land
Both the picture and its nefarious plot seem self-consciously calculated.
The movie has a bunch of great individual scenes, but as a whole, the thing never gels.
Wants to be one of these violent, manly yet provocative films, but unfortunately it unfurls as more of a big budgeted student film; a collage of borrowed images paying homage to great directors.
A two-hour marathon of deceit, murder and mayhem with absolutely no point or interest.
A wild, gory tale full of violence, to be sure. But it is also full of intrigue, and the distinctive stamp of a born storyteller.
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