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The Way of the Gun

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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

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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01/26/06
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Brutal scenes are undercut with lyricism and deadpan wit.

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12/02/02
Geoffrey Macnab
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Matthew Turner
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04/17/01
Ali Barclay
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Ian Waldron-Mantgani
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Mark Halverson
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Jeffrey M. Anderson
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12/06/05
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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.

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12/06/05
Frank Swietek
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04/09/05
Robin Clifford
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It wants to keep you guessing, but there are so many twists and turns that I gave up trying to guess.

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12/06/04
Jeffrey Overstreet
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01/23/04
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one hell of a sick, exhilarating roller coaster ride through Modern Film Noire Land

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06/01/03
Brandon Judell
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05/14/03
Joe Mader
Joe Mader
Palo Alto Weekly

Both the picture and its nefarious plot seem self-consciously calculated.

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04/25/03
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail

The movie has a bunch of great individual scenes, but as a whole, the thing never gels.

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02/24/03
David Nusair
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