Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 5023940801983
Format: PAL
Number Of Discs: 1
Theatrical Release Date: April 09, 1999

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
Director Doug Liman's follow-up to the winning Swingers is a rollicking adventure that, while lacking in any substantial plot, speeds along with nonstop adrenaline and style to burn. Taking a cue from Pulp Fiction, Liman plays tricks with time and overlapping plots, all of which play out in L.A. and Las Vegas in a 24-hour period sometime between Christmas and New Year's. Slacker grocery-store clerk Ronna (Sarah Polley) is trying to score rent money by selling hits of Ecstasy at a rave party, but winds up inadvertently double-crossing a ruthless dealer (sexy and scary Timothy Olyphant). She's also invading the dealing turf of her coworker Simon (Desmond Askew), a Brit on his first trip to Vegas, which turns nightmarish after a jaunt with pal Marcus (Taye Diggs) to a "gentleman's club" turns violent. And then there's the two soap-opera actors (Jay Mohr and Scott Wolf) who cross paths with Ronna more than once in their attempts to divest themselves of a drug-related charge by participating in a sting.

The way Liman and writer John August layer these stories owes a huge debt to Quentin Tarantino, but the comedy and action sequences rocket like a bat out of hell with energy, humor, and genuine surprise. In addition to some hilarious dialogue exchanges--including a classic scene between Ronna's stoned friend (Nathan Bexton) and a Zen cat--Liman works wonders with one the most winning ensembles in recent memory, a cast that includes both established actors and TV cuties. Mohr, Diggs, and especially Polley (doing a 180 from her turn in The Sweet Hereafter) are as excellent as you'd expect, but it's Wolf (of Party of Five) and Dawson's Creek's Katie Holmes (as Polley's best bud) who turn in revelatory work; Holmes especially seems poised to be a breakout star. An amazing cinematic ride--like a roller coaster, you'll want to go back again and again. --Mark Englehart




Rating: - 90's coming of age rave culture...
this is a rare gem of a film- intimate, with funny moments, action, and human drama. It really captures the mood and anxiety of being a young adult in the 90's.

It has 3 big things in its favor.

#1: the cast. What a great cast- Sarah Polley, Katie Holmes, Scott Wolf, Jay Mohr, Timothy Olyphant and others have great chemistry together.

#2: the script: funny, dramatic, great dialogue, and fresh. Basically, it is a story of generation Xer's (like myself) ... Read More

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Rating: - Perfect
Fast shipping and a great product. Not a single flaw at at...perfect. I definitely be back to make other purchases.

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Rating: - Morally bankrupt -- a shame really
At the risk of sounding like a 50's censor, I'd have cut out about 5 minutes of the most in-one's-face sexploits and other dross to arrive at a movie that could have retained its humor. As released, there wasn't much room to take away much of a theme, other than go for the gusto, despite what it costs everyone around you. And yet the acting, style, and some vague hints, suggest more could have been intended. One can laugh at the absurd and yet be given pause, rather than simply being encouraged to ... Read More

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Rating: - Go [ Blu-Ray ]
Kind of surprised no one's reviewed this on Blu-Ray (that I've seen). So, here goes.

The film itself is a fast-paced story, told from four different points of view, and out of order. Each piece of the individual stories adds to the whole, and eventually it all comes together.

As far as the actual Blu-Ray is concerned, the transfer is clear and the audio is crisp. My only complaint (which just might be my TV settings) is that in some scenes, the flesh tones seem a bit too red. ... Read More

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Rating: - Going, going, going...GONE!
When I saw this film back in 2000 I was shocked at how much fun it was. Watching it multiple times over the past decade (I can't believe this decade is over) I am shocked at how `good' of a film it really is. `Go' may be a little all over the place at times, and it is true that it lacks a real solidified `plot', but this film shockingly holds up very well, beings that it is now nearly eleven years old. It's rare to find films of this nature (in this genre) that age so well.

I mean, I don't ... Read More

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