Released: 2001
Comedy, Crime
Director: Demian Lichtenstein
Starring: Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox
Running Time: 125 minutes
Rated: R
The breakdown: A bunch of ex-cons get together and decide to rob a Las Vegas casino dressed as Elvis impersonators.
This movie was just ok for me.
It's fun to see the guys act like Elvis and all, but the cinematography is a bit stretched out and strange. The movie certainly didn't need to be as long as it was, but with all the slow motion shots and huge shoot-outs it was bound to run long.
Kurt Russell is the guy you're obviously supposed to like and root for in this one. He meets up with Courteney Cox at a middle of nowhere hotel and sleeps with her. Soon, his buddies show up all dressed as Elvis and they go down to the Rivera to rob it. They do, but someone in the group dies and there's an argument about how the remaining money should be divided up. Ends up that they all try to deceive each other out of all the money for themselves and shooting sprees and crime ensue.
If you want to see it I won't ruin it for you. It was that ok enough for me.
I give it a 2 out of 5 for Kurt Russell, an interesting storyline, but length and silly shooting styles mess it up too much to be a good film.
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