Gridlock'd (1997)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Writer:

Vondie Curtis-Hall (writer)

Release Date:

29 January 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

Tagline:

Good time to kick.. Bad day to pick.

Plot:

After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program...

Plot Keywords:

Drugs | Police | Drug Dealer | Blood Serum | Drug Snorting

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Tupac Shakur	...	Ezekiel 'Spoon' Whitmore
Tim Roth	...	Alexander 'Stretch' Rawland
Thandie Newton	...	Barbara 'Cookie' Cook
Charles Fleischer	...	Mr. Woodson
Howard Hesseman	...	Blind Man
James Pickens Jr.	...	Supervisor
John Sayles	...	Cop #1
Eric Payne	...	Cop #2
Tom Towles	...	D-Reper's Henchman
Tom Wright	...	Koolaid
James Shanta	...	Patrolman #1
Jim O'Malley	...	Patrolman #2
George Poulos	...	Chuck
Debbie Zaricor	...	Clerk
Mik Scriba	...	Officer #1

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | USA:R (certificate #34985) | Australia:R | Brazil:18 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 (bw) | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 (video premiere) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Lacy Street Production Center - 2630 Lacy Street, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Def Pictures

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: When Spoon and Stretch are running from the drug dealers, the mic is reflected in a window.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Scary Movie (2000)

Soundtrack:

Men Of Action

Solid film with the two stars perfectly cast.

The mixing in of the past into the present makes me think of Pulp Fiction. Of course Tim Roth, excellent again, might have pushed my thoughts that way unconsciously.

There is a scene involving a pocketknife - to avoid spoiling your fun I won't say more - at the very end of the film which had me rolling around laughing with tears in my eyes.