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The Way of the Gun (2000)
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The big selling point for The Way of the Gun is the fact that it was written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie, the guy who wrote The Usual Suspects. Benicio Del Toro and Ryan Phillippe star as two low-rent criminals who fall into a plan to kidnap a surrogate mother (Juliette Lewis) who is carrying a baby for a very wealthy couple. The duo are immediately in over their heads, and their kidnapping plot brings to light the dark and hidden tendrils of the old man's family structure. It also brings on lots of gunfights and lots of blood. McQuarrie creates some good action sequences (particularly the slow-moving car "chase"...
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It's like watching The Usual Suspects all over again. Of course, writer/director Christopher McQuarrie wrote that one also. Now, he is doing the whole thing. Yes, you can expect multiple twists and turns, and you will need a scorecard to follow the action.
Ryan Phillippe and Benicio Del Toro are just a couple of small...
(complete The Way of the Gun review by Movie Addict)
| The Way of the Gun Movie Review by Thom (6/1/2008) |
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Amongst the great movies that could honestly be called flops would be Way of the Gun. I can understand why; it's through a dark looking glass regarding subject matter long made sexy and redeemable by other Hollywood fare. Way of the Gun offers that one good action does not make up for a lifetime of wickedness, however,...
(complete The Way of the Gun review by Thom)
| The Way of the Gun Movie Review by Simon (8/29/2007) |
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After the success of The Usual Suspects, Christopher McQuarrie turned his writing skills to this blackly comedic crime flick. Storylines overlap, double-crosses abound, and an ensemble cast of some of the lesser lights of the A list let loose across a number of locations.
All the ingredients for a great film were there,...
(complete The Way of the Gun review by Simon)
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