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Gil Bellows,
Gil Bellows,
Renée Zellweger,
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C.M. Talkington,
C.M. Talkington
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: Lions Gate
: Drama, Chase, Crime, Quest, Chase, Road Movies
: 101 min.
: English
: English, Spanish, French
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Two young lovers go on the run from the law after a convenience store robbery goes bad in this road movie. Love and a .45 centers on philosophically inclined thief Watty Watts (Gil Bellows), who believes in a little robbery but not real violence. An ill-advised collaboration with a crazed, drugged-out biker (Rory Cochrane) ends badly, however, forcing Watty to go on the run. His girlfriend Starlene (Renee Zellweger) joins him, and the two become media darlings thanks to television coverage of their flight from the law. First-time director C.M. Talkington's combination of violence and ironic attitude recalls both 1970s crime dramas and Quentin Tarantino's violent, quirky takes on the genre. However, the film's warmed-over feel may be redeemed by its irreverent tone and appealing performances, including a self-parodying appearance by Peter Fonda. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide
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by BrodiesGirl
June 10, 2003 - 8:49 PM PDT
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3 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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Entertaining little movie that is very ovrshadowed by Natural Born Killers, which was released a few months prior. Also, this is a little bit before everyone and their dad were making Tarantino rip-offs, even though I believe the box even lists Tarantino flicks and NBK as a comparable selling point.
While influenced by those movies, this one doesn't take itself as seriously. Yes, it's a lovers on the lam movie. Zellweger (in one of her more interesting roles, I think) and Gil Bellows are the trailer park convenience store robbing lovers in question and Rory Cochrane is the psycho ex-partner along with police and loan sharks that are hot on their trail. Filled with quirky characters (Peter Fonda makes a hilarious turn as Zelwegger's burned-out voicebox-less hippie dad) and an awesome soundtrack, this is definitely worth a rental. |
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