Jimmy Zip (1999)

An abused runaway with pyromaniac tendencies teams up with a metal sculptor. Together they blow away the art world and a local crime boss.

Director:

Robert McGinley

Writer:

Robert McGinley

Stars:

Brendan Fletcher, Ike Gingrich, Rosemary Welden

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brendan Fletcher	...	Jimmy Zip
Ike Gingrich	...	Dick Portsmith (The Father)
Rosemary Welden	...	Pan Handler
Honey Lauren	...	Hooker
Arlmone Smith	...	Dealer
Adrienne Frantz	...	Sheila
Zia Harris	...	Snake (as Zia)
John Truong	...	Zoe
John Epps	...	Mateus
John Billingsley	...	Irate Driver
Chris Mulkey	...	Rick Conesco
Kim Sill	...	Diedra (as Kim Dawson)
Andrea Stein	...	Waitress
Robert Gossett	...	Horace Metcalf
Cristos	...	Julio

Storyline

Jimmy Zip is a pyromaniac runaway who escapes the clutches of a drug king pin to become the apprentice of a wildly brilliant metal sculptor with Tourette's Syndrome. In Jimmy's rite of passage art and camaraderie become a matter of life and death.

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Plot Keywords:

sculptor | pyromaniac | art | runaway | tourette's syndrome | 

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Taglines:

There's more than one way to start a fire.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, violence, some sexuality and drug content

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 August 1999 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Image Network, Incendiary Arts

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Remake of Jimmy Zip (1996)

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Soundtracks

"Way to Go"
Performed by Adrienne Frantz
Written by Geoff Levin and Adrienne Frantz

User Reviews

Surprisingly good

This film explores the troubled life of a young man with no hope and no future. His home life is one of abuse which drives him out to the streets. With no clue about what will happen next, he is led along a path ladened with interesting characters, violence, possible love, and job security in a shady industry.

The acting was actually pretty good overall, the visual effects done perfectly, the environment believable. I really didn't think of this as an independent movie while watching, instead I got lost in the story which moves along at a well calculated pace.

The only detractor is some points of the film are a little hokey, but hey, most Hollywood films blow this terrific film out of the water with hokeyness.