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Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane (1998)
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Joe Carnahan (screenplay)
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16 October 1998 (USA)
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Every generation has a hero. more
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A Cherry Pontiac Lemans Convertible...Two Days...Two-Hundred & Fifty Grand. When your lemon lot hits...
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pretty good, considering the low budget
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Joe Carnahan | ... | Sid French | |
| Dan Leis | ... | Bob Melba | |
| Ken Rudulph | ... | FBI Agent Jared | |
| Dan Harlan | ... | Danny Woo | |
| Hugh McChord | ... | Mr. Reich | |
| Kurt Johnson | ... | Hillbilly Sniper | |
| Mark S. Allen | ... | FBI Agent Franks | |
| Kellee Benedict | ... | FBI Agent Littel | |
| Mike Maas | ... | Victor Drub / Dumpster Bum | |
| Nick Fenske | ... | Mechanic | |
| Mark Priolo | ... | Frank Priolo | |
| Andrew Fowler | ... | Mike Carbuyer | |
| Gloria Gómez | ... | Julie Carbuyer | |
| Josephine Arreola | ... | Elda | |
| Dave Booth | ... | Jerry |
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Rated R for violence and pervasive language.
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87 min
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Factual errors: The Pontiac LeMans central to the story is a 1964 model, not a 1963.
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Referenced in Narc: Making the Deal (2003) (V)
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Spreadin' My Love
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I think this movie works pretty damn well for something shot in 13 days on 16mm film for $8000.
It's raw and gritty, and fairly rough around the edges, but the plot is well-conceived, there's some fairly witty dialogue, and it rattles along at a fair old pace. For all its technical imperfections, it all comes together quite nicely.
The only thing that bugged me was the scene with the two leading guys in the very red bar bathed in blue light coming up with their plan to upstage the criminals - the dialogue here was so reminiscent of David Mamet (especially Glengarry Glen Ross) it felt like a direct rip off.
Other than that, this was a pleasant surprise on the whole, not 100% original, nor a masterpiece, it still makes for a pretty entertaining piece of filmmaking.