Top of the World (1997/I)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

Sidney J. Furie

Writer (WGA):

Bart Madison (written by)

Release Date:

16 July 1998 (Singapore)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

Surviving Is Against All Odds

Plot:

In Las Vegas for a quicky divorce, a just-paroled ex-cop and his wife wander into the Top of the World Casino...

Plot Keywords:

Casino | Police | Robbery | Dam | Murder

Cast

Peter Weller	...	Ray Mercer
Dennis Hopper	...	Charles Atlas
Tia Carrere	...	Rebecca Mercer
David Alan Grier	...	Detective Augustus
Joe Pantoliano	...	Vince Castor
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	...	Captain Hefter
Peter Coyote	...	Doc 'The Butcher'
Julie McCullough	...	Ginger
Martin Kove	...	Carl
Kevin Bernhardt	...	Dean
Eddie Mekka	...	Joe Burns
Derek Annunciation	...	Fredo
Dell Yount	...	Mac
Alexander Mervin	...	Benny
Michael Delano	...	Lieutenant De Rosa

Also Known As:

Cold Cash
Showdown

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

100 min | Germany:93 min (cut version) | Argentina:95 min | USA:99 min | Spain:94 min (DVD edition)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) | Iceland:12 | Spain:13 | South Korea:15 | Australia:MA | Germany:18 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 (direct to video) | UK:18 (video premiere) | USA:R | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Hoover Dam, Arizona-Nevada Border, USA

Company:

Millennium Films

Quotes:

[In the casino near the slot machine]
Ginger: What are you starin' at?
Ray Mercer: Honey, where I'd just been you get a lot of trouble for staring. What's your name?
Ginger: Ginger.
Ray Mercer: Ginger, do me a favour, will you? I'm not allowed to gamble. So all you have to do is just walk up, put the two Twenties in the machine and pull that lever. Whatever we win we'll make fifty fifty. What do you say?
Ginger: Oh, no!
Ray Mercer: Come on. You're my lucky star!

Movie Connections:

Edited into Disaster (2001)

Soundtrack:

ON TOP OF THE WORLD

Great fun ride. - One of best action movies.

Right from the beginning, you are thrown into a situation which typifies the entire movie: fun. Real fun - the way action movies are supposed to be, with great one liners (many silly ones that the block buster crowd cannot stand). Compared to the typical blockbuster crap fest, this is like an Oscar contender. Dennis Hopper is excellent, the slew of bad guy characters who never cease to entertain is amazing. If you are a fan of quirky comedy mixed with action with absolutely no regard for conventional movies then this movie is for you. However, if you like the big budget crap and think that silly humor is 'corny' then stay away. Clearly not intended for eyeball rolling tasteless viewers. Peter Coyote delivers one of the best lines in this movie - watch out for it..In fact there are funny lines by all the bad guy characters as well - The love angle between Weller and Carrere is mercilessly short giving more time for the bad guys to do their fun routines.

Watch this movie - its one action movie you would not just enjoy - it would make you happy..