Gunshy (1998)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Jeff Celentano

Writer:

Larry Gross (written by)

Release Date:

17 August 2000 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

Cold-blooded killers.

Plot:

When the New York journalist Jake Bridges catches his girlfriend with another guy, he goes to Atlantic City to drink himself to oblivion...

Plot Keywords:

Organized Crime | Female Nudity | Wheelchair | Mafia | Reference To Moby Dick

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 19	12:25 PM	TMC
Wed. July 22	6:00 PM	TMC

Cast

William Petersen	...	Jake Bridges
Michael Wincott	...	Frankie McGregor
Diane Lane	...	Melissa
R. Lee Ermey	...	Jerry
Kevin Gage	...	Ward
Michael Byrne	...	Lange
Eric Schaeffer	...	Gwynne
Meat Loaf	...	Lew Collins
Musetta Vander	...	Grace
John Fleck	...	Willis
Badja Djola	...	Abel
Benjamin Lum	...	Kwai
Natalie Canerday	...	Jan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ray Bickel	...	Security Guard Harry
Thomas C. Bright	...	Plimpton
Jesse Dabson	...	Bernard
Tera Hendrickson	...	Jenny
Jim Hodge	...	Bartender ('Erin Bar') (as Jim B. Hodge)
Stephen Ingle	...	Delivery boy
Michael L. Kavanagh	...	Bartender
Robert Madrid	...	Tommy Hats
Cee Cee Michaela	...	Nurse (as Cee-Cee Harshaw)
John Rayner	...	Maitre D'
James Staszkiel	...	Wilmer
Jennie Vaughn	...	Betty
Jodi Verdu	...	Tina
Al Vicente	...	Commando Leader
Christopher Wiehl	...	Tim
Ken Wright	...	Assistant DA
Richard Zavaglia	...	Officer H. Pagliaro

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Germany:16 | USA:R | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Periscope Pictures

Quotes:

Frankie: Do I look like the kinda' guy who reads 'Thank You' cards?

Movie Connections:

Features Casablanca (1942)

This movie blew me away!!!

Blew me away. Very impressed. This f-----ing movie GUNSHY has what movies today have totally missed and left behind, GOOD STORY TELLING and GOOD ACTING. It reminded me of the great movies I used to look forward to watching when I was growing up. Great characters and a story that pulls you in and ends with a twist. It's like the filmmakers must have used Casablanca or Mean Streets or something for their ideas, because of the cool film noir feel it had. Story was so involving and you felt like you were in it right there with the characters. I just ordered it the other day from Amazon and the only reason I did was because I love Gangster films.

I watched it with my brother and we no idea what to expect and suddenly half way through, I realized I was into it and hooked. Michael Wincott tore it up, he should have gotten some kind of an award or something. All I've ever seen that guy do was play bad guys and they were always interesting but here he was kind of a modern day Humpfrey Bogart here. His performance is flawless, so believable. Diane Lane was so sexier than I've ever seen her and portrayed her character exactly like she lived in Atlantic City and was that girl. Bill Petersen I didn't know very well. I know he;s on that TV show CSI but I don't watch TV.Matter of fact I hate it.

Petersen was really good though and right on the money as a guy you love to hate. The writing, the style, the Direction, the whole thing was something to cheer about. Check it out. That is, if you want to watch something that's different and way above the crap we're expected to pay eleven bucks to walk out of.