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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:

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:

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

2 / 10
A groundbreakingly bad movie that must be seen to be believed.
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.
posted by Rawshark on 27/10/2002 14:58
7 / 10
This is a good movie. There is a few extra features like director`s commentary,featurettes and trailer and more. 7/10.
posted by LFC_Lad on 27/3/2004 06:18