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The Way of the Gun
They make no excuses. They don't ask forgiveness. Their story is without compromise, brutal and simple. 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.
29 March 1942, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
26 March 1940, The Bronx, New York, USA
October 26 in Morenci, Arizona, USA
11 May 1970, South Dakota, USA
2 September 1959, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
7 July 1952, El Paso, Texas, USA
11 December 1966, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
19 February 1967, San Germán, Puerto Rico
3 May 1972, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
1 December 1970, Bedford, New Hampshire, USA
1940, New York City, New York, USA
31 July 1935, Plainfield, New Jersey, USA
21 June 1973, Los Angeles, California, USA
10 September 1974, New Castle, Delaware, USA
2 January 1971, Newark, New Jersey, USA
December 02, 2010
It boastfully claims roaring, bloodletting gunfire to do Sam Peckinpah proud, Joe Kraemer's throbbing percussive score (proving timpani should get more melodies) and any number of quotable, slick dialogue snippets. Swaggering, verbose, soulful and badass.
December 06, 2005
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.
January 01, 2000
For all its post-modern quirks, The Way of the Gun can't help but feel pointlessly derivative.
June 01, 2003
one hell of a sick, exhilarating roller coaster ride through Modern Film Noire Land
December 29, 2010
Exceptionally violent movie -- not for kids.
December 06, 2004
It wants to keep you guessing, but there are so many twists and turns that I gave up trying to guess.
January 01, 2000
Before you rush out to see what all the noise is about, though, know that The Way of the Gun mounts more aural bullets, swagger and pretense than substance.
May 26, 2006
It's a tour-de-force of cinematic invention. But at the same time, it's just about the coldest, most pointless crime movie I've ever seen.
January 01, 2000
Like his characters, McQuarrie's film has two faces: It is overplotted and it is crisply directed.
January 01, 2000
Rotten, pretentious movie full of minimalist dialogue and self-consciously arty cinematography.
April 25, 2003
Both the picture and its nefarious plot seem self-consciously calculated.
January 01, 2000
In a way, [McQuarrie] almost seems motivated by the same things that drive his killers: desperation and loot.