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Nice Wheels. Dirty Deals. And One Mean Mother In A Kilt
Certificate: 18
Running Time: 92 mins
Retail Price: £19.99
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie
Synopsis:
Nothing could prepare the tough Liverpool underworld for golf-club wielding, kilt-clad Elmo McElroy (Samuel L. Jackson). He`s here on business, and he`s burnt more than bridges back in L.A. Babysitting him is the last thing on local hood Felix`s (Robert Carlyle) mind. He`s just there to go in, get the money, get out. Until suddenly everyone else who`s in on the deal is dead, and the only way to get his hands on the 20 mill is to pair up with a crazy yank with a price on his head - and a talent for destruction...
Special Features:
Audio commentary with writer Stel Pavlou
Making of featurette
3 production featurettes
On set video diary
Interview with Stel Pavlou
Photo gallery
Trailer
Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 2.35:1
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
DTS 5.1 English
Subtitle Tracks:
English
Directed By:
Ronny Yu
Written By:
Stel Pavlou
Starring:
Robert Carlyle
Meat Loaf
Emily Mortimer
Robert Jezek
Nigel Whitmey
Samuel L. Jackson
Casting By:
Nina Gold
Soundtrack By:
Darius Kedros
Casper Kedros
Headrillaz
Director of Photography:
Hang-Sang Poon
Editor:
David Wu
Costume Designer:
Kate Carin
Production Designer:
Alan MacDonald
Producer:
David Pupkewitz
Stel Pavlou
Seaton McLean
Malcolm Kohll
Andras Hamori
Jonathan Debin
Mark Aldridge
Executive Producer:
Julie Silverman
Eli Selden
Samuel L. Jackson
Stephanie Davis
Distributor:
Momentum Pictures
Your Opinions and Comments
It shows itself to be the lazily made amateur nonsense in the first few frames and sadly sinks lower and lower throughout.
The beginning opens with a small introduction to the characters, but rather than take the time to develop the story and script to let you know who these characters are and what part they play in the plot, a simple label pops up in a freeze frame of each of them stating their name and profession.
If the plot was even slightly enjoyable or believable then I may have been able to understand the hurry to get into the storyline.
But it`s not.
It`s the same old tired rubbish that we`ve seen countless times before.
The long lingering slow-motion shots of people walking along in long coats accompanied by some out of place hard techno clip, rapid editing and an equally bad script.
This really is a movie made for kids and morons, and whilst it`s been described as "entertaining drivel", I find quite depressing that this kind of movie sells or even gets made when so many original and innovative movies never see the light of day due to distribution and other financial problems.
On top of that, the picture`s crap too.
Do yourself a favour and avoid this garbage.