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HAS
ITS WAY...
Written
by Dean
Kish
Cast::
Ryan Phillipe, Benecio Del Toro, Taye Diggs, James Caan,
Juliette Lewis
 Premise:
Two inept criminals kidnap a wealthy pregnant woman,
but soon find things going awry when the woman's parents
send an aging mercenary to deliver the ransom.
Overall
Rating:
 (out of
4)
Rated
R for violence and language
“Way
of the Gun” is written and directed by Christopher
McQuarrie who wrote the critically acclaimed “Usual
Suspects”. This is his first turn as director and
it shows he has learned a lot from friend and “X-Men”
director Bryan Singer.
“Way
of the Gun” stars Ryan Phillippe and Bencio Del
Toro as two modern day desperadoes who are very down
on their luck. While trying to round up some cash at
a sperm bank the twosome over hear that a millionaire
is using a surrogate mother (Juliette Lewis) to have
his much desired heir. The two decide to kidnap the
surrogate for money. After the kidnapping, the desperadoes
are chased by the millonaire’s bodyguards and bagmen
lead by James Caan and Taye Diggs. The plot thickens
when the questions are thrown around who are the baby’s
actual parents.
“Gun”
has the flash and style of both Sam Peckinpah and Quentin
Tarrantino. The gun battles are fresh and original and
are the worth the price of admission. In a lot of the
scenes you can feel the power of the bullet’s impact
and trust me there are a lot of impacts. These battles
and square offs are great. I liked the final 40 minutes
which reminded me a lot of the good old westerns of
yesteryear except this time people actually get shot
and the characters feel the pain. I also liked the twisting
plot which McQuarrie seems to have mastered with his
scripts. I liked the majority of the leads performances
who made the plot flow. I also liked the realism of
the ending which was justified.
My biggest problem with “Gun” was the whole
aspect of the surrogate mother and dragging a pregnant
woman through an action film. It is imaginative to have
this angle and twist the plot into who exactly are the
infant’s parents but Lewis does get in the way
a lot with her over the top performance. I think the
film would have been more interesting if the millionaire
has an illegitimate daughter who was kidnapped. They
could still twist the angles by making us wonder if
the daughter is actually the millionaire’s. Just
an idea.
(3.5
of 5) So Says the Soothsayer.
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