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Overview

User Rating:
5.2/10   1,207 votes
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Director:
Paul W.S. Anderson
Writer:
Paul W.S. Anderson (written by)
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Release Date:
9 February 1996 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
Crash & Carry
Plot:
Lone group of teens, led by recently released joyrider and his disenchanted Belfast girlfriend, strives... more | full synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
The Claustrophobic Cinema of Paul (W.S.) Anderson
 (From IFC. 24 September 2009, 12:13 PM, PDT)

Video: Mischa Barton Takes You Shopping
 (From Celebuzz. 25 April 2009, 9:00 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Could have been better but still worth seeing more (31 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Sadie Frost ... Jo

Jude Law ... Billy
Sean Pertwee ... Tommy
Fraser James ... Be Bop

Sean Bean ... Venning
Marianne Faithfull ... Bev

Jonathan Pryce ... Conway
Daniel Newman ... Monkey (as Danny Newman)
Lee Whitlock ... Pony
Ralph Ineson ... Dix

Eamonn Walker ... Peters (as Eammon Walker)

Jason Isaacs ... Market Trader

Chris Constantinou ... Yuppie
Tilly Vosburgh ... Mrs. Taylor
Melanie Hill ... Sarah
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Additional Details

Runtime:
105 min | USA:87 min | Argentina:106 min
Country:
UK | Japan
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby

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Trivia:
According to Paul W.S. Anderson, Ewan McGregor was down to the final two for the role of Billy before finally losing out to Jude Law. more
Quotes:
Billy: I know my rights. I watch L.A.Law.
Police Inspector: Is that supposed to be funny?
Billy: No, more like comedy-drama.
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Referenced in The Making of 'Event Horizon' (2006) (V) more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Could have been better but still worth seeing, 7 March 2005
7/10
Author: TheatreX from Louisville, KY

I had only read about this film prior to finding a used copy, so since it was cheap decided I'd take a chance, and I wasn't completely disappointed, but a little, though. It goes pretty far but I'd say they could have gone a bit further. A bunch of disaffected youth in some big English city go "shopping" which means they steal cars, smash into department stores and either loot or just trash the places, and all in the name of fun. The need for speed is always there, literally and figuratively. The cops are virtually powerless to stop them and even lose a few cars here and there themselves to vandalism. It's plenty violent enough but I guess I've seen too many Takashi Miike films so now I'm expecting that the whole world should act in that manner. In films, that is, not in real life, oh please no! The one thing that never works for me is films in which the disaffected youth still wear punk styles but now listen to trance and rave type music. Bleah. If they're going to be trashing the bourgeoisie the gimme some Clash or something. Overall it's a decent film but actually kind of depressing and grim. 7 out of 10.

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