The Way of the Gun

  • Action
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Thriller
9/8/2000
119
R

Choose your side carefully, because the only way out is the way of the gun.

Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.

Revenue:
$19,125,401
Budget:
$8,500,000

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  • Wuchak

    Convoluted crime drama in the wake of Pulp Fiction

    Two low-life criminals (Ryan Phillippe & Benicio Del Toro) kidnap a pregnant surrogate (Juliette Lewis) of a rich couple who, unknowingly, has ties to the mob.

    "The Way of the Gun" (2000) is an offbeat flick in the tradition of "Pulp Fiction" written & directed by a proven screenwriter and featuring a quality cast, which includes James Caan. It's touted as a "modern Western" with two protagonists patterned after Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (their names in the film are the last names of Butch & Sundance).

    It starts out as a black comedy with cussing every other word, but then morphs into a serious crime drama with flashes of gunplay. The score is notable.

    Two issues ...

    January 20, 2023

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