The Way of the Gun (2000)

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Directed by

Christopher McQuarrie

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Ryan Phillippe
Mr. Parker

Benicio Del Toro
Harold Longbaugh

Juliette Lewis
Robin

Taye Diggs
Jeffers

Nicky Katt
Obecks

Geoffrey Lewis
Abner Mercer

Dylan Kussman
Dr. Allen Painter

Scott Wilson
Hale Chidduck

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Christopher McQuarrie
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The Way of the Gun

15 years, 4 months ago at Jan 17 4:28

Claudia

1 vote

"There is a natural order. The way things are meant to be. An order that says that the good guys always win. That you die when it's your time, or you have it coming. That the ending is always happy, if only for someone else."

This was a really fun, enjoyable and entertaining movie to watch. It had it all - action, comedy, guns and some great actors. My kind of movie. So I knew I wou... read more

Easier to admire than actually love...

13 years, 3 months ago at Feb 17 6:57

PvtCaboose91

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"I promise you a day of reckoning that you won't live long enough to never forget."

After Christopher McQuarrie and director Bryan Singer collaborated for the exceptional The Usual Suspects, the two proceeded to work separately to pursue noticeably different motion pictures. While Singer directed the Marvel comic adaptation of X-Men, McQuarrie helmed The Way of the Gun; a down and d... read more

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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.

Release date: 8 September 2000
UPC: 012236115892

Tags: Crime (9), Thriller (8), Action (5), Kidnapping (5), Drama (4), Violence (4), Pregnancy (4), 2000s (4), 2000 (3), Ransom (3), Torture (2), Murder (2), Infidelity (2), Gangster (2), Doctor (2), Sniper Rifle (2), Russian Roulette (2), Bar (1), Deception (1), Death (1)

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