Top of the World (1997/I)

Director:

Sidney J. Furie

Writer (WGA):

Bart Madison (written by)

Release Date:

16 July 1998 (Singapore)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

Surviving Is Against All Odds

Plot:

In Las Vegas for a quicky divorce, a just-paroled ex-cop and his wife wander into the Top of the World Casino...

Plot Keywords:

Casino | Police | Robbery | Beautiful Woman | Slot Machine

Cast

Peter Weller	...	Ray Mercer
Dennis Hopper	...	Charles Atlas
Tia Carrere	...	Rebecca Mercer
David Alan Grier	...	Detective Augustus
Joe Pantoliano	...	Vince Castor
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	...	Captain Hefter
Peter Coyote	...	Doc 'The Butcher'
Julie McCullough	...	Ginger
Martin Kove	...	Carl
Kevin Bernhardt	...	Dean
Eddie Mekka	...	Joe Burns
Derek Annunciation	...	Fredo
Dell Yount	...	Mac
Alexander Mervin	...	Benny
Michael Delano	...	Lieutenant De Rosa

Also Known As:

Cold Cash
Showdown

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

100 min | Germany:93 min (cut version) | Argentina:95 min | USA:99 min | Spain:94 min (DVD edition)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) | Iceland:12 | Spain:13 | South Korea:15 | Australia:MA | Germany:18 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 (direct to video) | UK:18 (video premiere) | USA:R | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Hoover Dam, Arizona-Nevada Border, USA

Company:

Millennium Films

Quotes:

[In the casino near the slot machine]
Ginger: What are you starin' at?
Ray Mercer: Honey, where I'd just been you get a lot of trouble for staring. What's your name?
Ginger: Ginger.
Ray Mercer: Ginger, do me a favour, will you? I'm not allowed to gamble. So all you have to do is just walk up, put the two Twenties in the machine and pull that lever. Whatever we win we'll make fifty fifty. What do you say?
Ginger: Oh, no!
Ray Mercer: Come on. You're my lucky star!

Movie Connections:

Edited into Disaster (2001)

Soundtrack:

ON TOP OF THE WORLD

This is funny and fun action romp!

This film is a great movie to pass the time! I was really pleasantly surprised. I bought it for $6.00 at Best Buy on a whim! I hadn't heard of the film and thought the worst after reading the three comments on here about it.

However, I'm always willing to give a new film a try and I'm glad I did! I didn't expect such a funny and quirky action movie. The cover doesn't lie about there being non-stop action. The pace of this film keeps moving.

Martin Kove is a delight to watch as the vicious yet soft hearted, dim wit of a robbing, murdering thug for hire. He is great! The best work I've seen him do although I basically only know him from one television role. After seeing his brilliant performance in this film, I can't understand why he's not in more films.

If you prefer to see a more serious action film or drama then this movie is not for you. I expected a lousy film and ended up with a delightful romp, of quirky characters, silly word play and lots and lots of action fun. Good movie!