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08/17/02
The Way of the Gun (2000)
48 %
Reviews Counted: 101 Fresh: 48 Rotten:53 Average Rating: 5.4/10
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The Way of the Gun has some good parts, but overall, the movie is derivative, sloppy, and sluggish.
Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins
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 collect on the ransom money from the parents-to-be. However, when Parker begins to take a... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Benicio Del Toro, James Caan, Taye Diggs, Juliette Lewis
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01/26/06
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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.
12/06/05
It wants to keep you guessing, but there are so many twists and turns that I gave up trying to guess.
12/06/04
one hell of a sick, exhilarating roller coaster ride through Modern Film Noire Land
06/01/03
Both the picture and its nefarious plot seem self-consciously calculated.
04/25/03
The movie has a bunch of great individual scenes, but as a whole, the thing never gels.
02/24/03
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.
12/08/02
A two-hour marathon of deceit, murder and mayhem with absolutely no point or interest.
10/21/02
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.
10/15/02
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