Gunshy (1998)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Jeff Celentano

Writer:

Larry Gross (written by)

Release Date:

17 August 2000 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

Cold-blooded killers.

Plot:

When the New York journalist Jake Bridges catches his girlfriend with another guy, he goes to Atlantic City to drink himself to oblivion...

Plot Keywords:

Organized Crime | Female Nudity | Wheelchair | Mafia | Reference To Moby Dick

US TV Schedule:

Tue. July 7	3:35 PM	TMC
Fri. July 10	1:15 PM	TMC

Cast

William Petersen	...	Jake Bridges
Michael Wincott	...	Frankie McGregor
Diane Lane	...	Melissa
R. Lee Ermey	...	Jerry
Kevin Gage	...	Ward
Michael Byrne	...	Lange
Eric Schaeffer	...	Gwynne
Meat Loaf	...	Lew Collins
Musetta Vander	...	Grace
John Fleck	...	Willis
Badja Djola	...	Abel
Benjamin Lum	...	Kwai
Natalie Canerday	...	Jan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ray Bickel	...	Security Guard Harry
Thomas C. Bright	...	Plimpton
Jesse Dabson	...	Bernard
Tera Hendrickson	...	Jenny
Jim Hodge	...	Bartender ('Erin Bar') (as Jim B. Hodge)
Stephen Ingle	...	Delivery boy
Michael L. Kavanagh	...	Bartender
Robert Madrid	...	Tommy Hats
Cee Cee Michaela	...	Nurse (as Cee-Cee Harshaw)
John Rayner	...	Maitre D'
James Staszkiel	...	Wilmer
Jennie Vaughn	...	Betty
Jodi Verdu	...	Tina
Al Vicente	...	Commando Leader
Christopher Wiehl	...	Tim
Ken Wright	...	Assistant DA
Richard Zavaglia	...	Officer H. Pagliaro

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Germany:16 | USA:R | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Periscope Pictures

Quotes:

Melissa: What can I tell you about men? They want you to be their daughter, their mother, their addiction. They want you to want them, and then they don't want you anymore.

Movie Connections:

Features Casablanca (1942)

Unexpected Quality for a Story Often Told

Let me start off with the one sole minor point of the movie, the story is pathetic, it's standard and I saw it a hundred times before. The ending repaired it a bit, but it can't take away the damage. The rest... VERY VERY nice, the acting exceeds my most optimistic expectations, these actors (especially Michael Wincott) show they really can do more than low-budget movies. Michael Wincott even proofs to be a more than average cinema worth actor, his acting is really one of the strongest points this movie has to offer, but it has way more, well-directed, very well matching scenery (even better when you consider that this movie is low-budget, something it most certainly doesn't show) and a dialogue that makes you feel warm.

If you like gangster movies this is your thing. I didn't mind the familiar story and actually regret this movie skipping cinema and the movie has more than average qualities which will most certainly appeal to most movie viewers.