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The Way of the Gun (2000)
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Reviews Counted:103
Fresh:49
Rotten:54
Average Rating:5.3/10
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
Many times you will want to look away. But if you can stand it, you should pay close attention, partly to fully savor the clever twists and double-crosses in this intricately plotted film.
one hell of a sick, exhilarating roller coaster ride through Modern Film Noire Land
McQuarrie repeatedly demonstrates that there is no genre convention that can't be reinvented and turned into a virtue if the writing is good enough.
I liked the lines and the movie, but I'd like it more if they turned up the thermostat a bit.
McQuarrie is able to have [The Way of the Gun] become both an involving drama and an exciting action movie, a combination rarely achieved with any degree of success.
Like Tarantino, McQuarrie can move actors and bullets through spaces.
It's hard stuff to watch, but the movie was written and filmed so smartly and with such boldness, with just the right ironic edge, that it counters the urge to bolt.
The Way Of The Gun errs once or twice on the side of needless poetry -- like most screenwriter/directors, McQuarrie is in love with the sound of his own snappy dialogue -- but never breaks its own rules or betrays its own characters.
The Way of the Gun will be too bloody for many viewers, but for those who aren't turned off by the high level of violence, McQuarrie's first venture behind the camera offers an involving experience.
replaces Tarantino's hip polish with a grave existentialism that is more reminiscent of Sam Peckinpah or the early films of William Friedkin
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