A Copper Bottom Corker!
The 51st State review
By
jezfernandez from Wantage
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4th March 2004
If King of Cool Samuel Jackson, strutting round Liverpool in braids and a kilt is enough to get your saliva glands frothing, frankly you won't be disappointed. This is a riveting action comedy that brilliantly spans both sides of the Atlantic. Ronny Yu directs at breakneck speed with all the flash and pinache of a Hollywood scorcher, while the grimey backdrop of Liverpool works to grand effect. Furthermore, there are some terrific character actors here - the immenseley watchable Robert Carlyle, comic kings Ricky Tomlinson and Rhys Ifans, not to mention a ballsy turn from Meatloaf as The Lizard. This movie has everything; genuine thrills, laugh out loud comedy and a corking script, let down only by a barrage of unnecessarily foul language. If you can find you way past that, then this one's a looker. And if the portrayal of drug peddler as hero sits uneasily (as it did with me), make sure you sit through till the final credits.
The 51st State is a terrific movie, with exceptional casting and intelligent plot. Watch it.
