The Way of the Gun (2000)
A twisting crime drama about two cold-blooded career criminals who kidnap a surrogate mother and find themselves in an escalating cycle of guns and mayhem. (Artisan Entertainment)
Genres: Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Crime, Action
Country: USA
Directed By: Christopher McQuarrie
Written By: Christopher McQuarrie
Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Taye Diggs, James Caan, Juliette Lewis, Dylan Kussman, Benicio Del Toro, Nicky Katt, Scott Wilson, Sarah Silverman, Geoffrey Lewis
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The Way of the Gun belongs to 16 collections
1. Onion AV Club: The New Cult Canon (public: moderated by theficionado - 26 stars)
2. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (public: moderated by Cinephile - 18 stars)
3. Directorial debut (public: moderated by djross - 17 stars)
4. Films available in HD (public: moderated by kubricksucks - 12 stars)
5. Great Fights (public: moderated by doctor7 - 6 stars)
6. Tarantino-esque Movies (That Tarantino Didn't Make) (public: moderated by BeeDub - 1 star)
7. Submitted by blank (public)
8. Ongoing list of under rated films (public: moderated by JSchlansky)
9. Netflix Watch Instantly (private: dgeiser13 - 2 stars)
10. Coheed's Celluloid Pit (private: Coheed - 1 star)
11. Available on Starz (private: Jason212 - 1 star)
12. Luna6ix's DVDs (private: Luna6ix)
13. action_worth_watching (private: twisp)
14. Watched in 2011 (private: dgeiser13)
15. 2000: Year in Review (private: polanski28)
16. Filmspotting Ratings Project: Week 25 (private: PeaceAnarchy)
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| Jan 17 |  |
Jobs-Bronson | 20 16% |
| Jan 06 |  |
Neonman | 78 57% |
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The violence against women and the 'f' slurs at the beginning are fun and all, but I guess they seem tonally and thematically inconsistent with the rest of the film, which is barrels of gun fun. Some nicely realistically gun battles are spread out through a fairly ordinary story, though one beefed up with oftentimes sparky dialogue. You can tell this is a well thought-out action movie done well BECAUSE of its low budget.
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| Dec 06, 2020 | mpf2788 | 50 0% |
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drdutw | 50 26% |
| Aug 28, 2020 | dracular | 35 22% |
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Videoetron | 68 62% |
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TheShiznit | 50 58% |
| Jun 14, 2020 | mjoc0723 | 40 27% |
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| Apr 20, 2020 | wbnet | 90 82% |
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| Apr 13, 2020 | poloko () | 80 0% |
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| Jan 18, 2020 | boomboomboom | 70 0% |
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| Jan 07, 2020 | KyLLo | 60 53% |
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| Dec 30, 2019 | awesomeman | 98 65% |
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kcar181 | 70 27% |
| Dec 07, 2019 | abc0331 | 79 47% |
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| Nov 22, 2019 | tr0nllam | 90 91% |
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AgentSnipe | 76 45% |
| Oct 22, 2019 | insteadman | 75 75% |
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| Oct 21, 2019 | Guy... | 20 27% |
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| Oct 04, 2019 |  |
Florin92 | 40 8% |
| Sep 28, 2019 | schyzomaniac | 100 93% |
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| Sep 24, 2019 |  |
Paxton | 65 44% |
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The Way of the Gun plays like some kind of From Dusk Till Dawn without any vampires in it. Yet it's nowhere near as good as that should be.
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| Sep 19, 2019 | mzonder | 60 47% |
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| Sep 14, 2019 | bladewalker | 93 97% |
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| Sep 01, 2019 | daniel1980 | 90 84% |
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| Aug 30, 2019 |  |
wintersunset | 50 14% |
| Aug 19, 2019 | Contreras | 3 39% |
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bal3x | 50 18% |
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Farshad92 | 30 7% |
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DSouza_Vasco | 70 51% |
| Jun 19, 2019 | Tufold | 88 68% |
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| Jun 09, 2019 | damhar | 70 54% |
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| May 28, 2019 |  |
Dalboz | 60 30% |
| Apr 23, 2019 | AHALE80 | 70 34% |
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| Mar 27, 2019 |  |
Obdurate | 85 80% |
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This just felt fun, which I was completely okay with. It didn't require complex characters, just entertaining action and a twisting plot. It had both, so in my eyes it is a huge success. With that said, while I wouldn't say that the characters will be memorable in years to come, I was still into them. Really enjoyed the dialogue and the interactions between people, along with the pretty absurd (and awesome) situations that they were put in, like giving birth during a shootout or that car chase.
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| Mar 20, 2019 | knives | 83 88% |
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| Mar 17, 2019 | tallkotte | 3 15% |
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| Feb 04, 2019 | qa.criticker | 92 96% |
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| Jan 25, 2019 | thirdeye42 | 71 47% |
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| Jan 06, 2019 | lefterisd99 | 70 59% |
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| Dec 23, 2018 | steve111 | 90 70% |
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boobs | 60 59% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | Volnig | 50 59% |
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Kopenhaver | 75 24% |
| Sep 09, 2018 | Zepheus | 70 72% |
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| Sep 06, 2018 | bodhiwan | 80 72% |
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| Aug 29, 2018 | Tigertemprr | 60 35% |
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devrimozkan | 60 41% |
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CMQuinn | 80 71% |
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FreddieQuell | 16 9% |
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krypt | 63 20% |
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The action itself is (really) good, but this is just sadism.
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Tommy_Devito | 93 49% |
| May 03, 2018 | dragos | 80 86% |
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| Apr 28, 2018 | egjeg | 70 37% |
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bd741 | 70 62% |
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PJH | 81 72% |
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rklenseth | 70 59% |
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One_Louder | 30 6% |
| Jan 09, 2018 | cengaveri | 72 31% |
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| Jan 08, 2018 | schulen | 9 67% |
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| Dec 20, 2017 | Systematicer | 40 15% |
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lockstar | 76 72% |
| Oct 18, 2017 | ChirsMitch | 92 73% |
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| Sep 23, 2017 | CoolJoeLamar | 100 0% |
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WarrenWho | 100 98% |
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oldman | 90 78% |
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| Mar 16, 2017 | habeck | 73 38% |
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mCihhh | 50 21% |
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RYM-byrates | 58 40% |
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dcrouch1 | 6 16% |
| Dec 04, 2016 | foshpumpa | 80 47% |
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Yasbane | 50 43% |
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Mpython | 4 17% |
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igormachete | 73 49% |
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onrkrsvglu | 60 21% |
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| Nov 01, 2016 | jerrywarton | 75 85% |
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| Oct 30, 2016 | Boak | 68 28% |
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| Oct 28, 2016 | aldousfinn | 83 75% |
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| Oct 23, 2016 | CrocGator | 80 49% |
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| Oct 14, 2016 |  |
philamental | 57 27% |
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I really wasn't able to process this after one viewing. It seemed to be tonally all over the place and I could never settle in to it. Part 'cool' thriller, part mystery, part family drama, part western, part noir, and rather than mix them successfully, it chopped and changed between each too frequently for me to enjoy. At the same time there is a lot to like such as Caan and Del Toro, a lot of the dialogue and much of the action. This may prove to be a film that improves with multiple viewings
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| Aug 23, 2016 | LesterGroans | 79 81% |
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| Aug 20, 2016 | justducky | 9 65% |
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anaconda-406 | 40 33% |
| Jul 21, 2016 | Trout | 3 48% |
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SickForay | 55 36% |
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BadCosmonaut | 4 42% |
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| Jul 04, 2016 | buckdiddy | 72 51% |
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| Jul 03, 2016 | Thejaff | 69 40% |
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| Jun 25, 2016 | park3240 | 95 88% |
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| Jun 18, 2016 | kevinpickles | 20 8% |
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sleepyg | 94 86% |
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NightGoat72 | 10 8% |
| Apr 19, 2016 | odysseus | 60 47% |
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kubrickvari | 48 19% |
| Apr 08, 2016 | Lanhia | 77 55% |
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| Apr 01, 2016 | Randomperson | 75 10% |
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| Mar 24, 2016 | jmkennedy226 | 75 18% |
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| Mar 16, 2016 | arno74mm | 50 28% |
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| Feb 25, 2016 | jackvacton | 87 81% |
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FrancoGonzo | 4 10% |
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Star Rating: ★1/2
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| Feb 18, 2016 | chair39 | 60 76% |
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| Feb 09, 2016 | Brablay | 100 82% |
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| Jan 25, 2016 | johncarp35 | 93 51% |
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| Dec 15, 2015 |  |
robot2xl | 70 8% |
| Dec 01, 2015 | Catfishwon | 79 54% |
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| Oct 16, 2015 | Oatmon | 45 38% |
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| Oct 15, 2015 |  |
Pickpocket | 7 68% |
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The opening scene and the scene after where they are donating sperm are the best scenes in the movie. It doesn't fall apart after that but those first 2 scenes are incredibly witty and funny and well written. Del Toro is amazing in this and really steals every scene he's in. The gun fights are well done and Peckinpah-esque but sometimes the story gets stale and some of the actors don't make sense (Taye Diggs, Nicky Katt) and drag down the scenes they are in. Good but could've been better
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| Oct 11, 2015 | grilledcheez | 87 31% |
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Fahdamobo | 60 81% |
| Sep 28, 2015 | dumble | 50 7% |
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| Sep 27, 2015 | SnoopyStyle | 50 21% |
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vwgregov | 65 41% |
| Sep 08, 2015 | KirkJiggler | 8 56% |
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| Sep 04, 2015 | mikerog12 | 70 39% |
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| Sep 02, 2015 | mikkelee | 50 47% |
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| Aug 09, 2015 | spants | 80 24% |
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| Aug 04, 2015 | elcalculator | 65 58% |
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| Aug 01, 2015 |  |
McJohnson | 73 20% |
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Ultimately unengaging. Only Del Toro and Caan make any sense in their roles. Cool gunfights.
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| Jul 21, 2015 | levent_bk | 66 75% |
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| Jul 20, 2015 | NonyaBeezWax | 40 29% |
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| Jul 20, 2015 | WilliamOTyle | 80 76% |
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| Jul 15, 2015 | Eski-or-die | 10 4% |
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muratkrks | 55 20% |
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stzrules | 82 56% |
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| May 19, 2015 | Aylmer | 60 34% |
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| Apr 30, 2015 | 851222 | 60 17% |
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| Mar 25, 2015 | filmcave | 54 9% |
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Boyd Crowder | 60 24% |
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| Jan 05, 2015 | stopbuck | 90 82% |
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| Dec 31, 2014 |  |
Alex Watkins | 3 38% |
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Ryan Philippe and Benicio del Toro get into a shootout with a bunch of old guys, the Ectomobile pulls up and mercifully escorts Juliette Lewis out of my sight.
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| Dec 12, 2014 | crichmond77 | 86 83% |
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| Dec 10, 2014 | roger-ebert | 25 31% |
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| Nov 22, 2014 | 10kfilms | 47 41% |
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| Jul 17, 2014 | Deaths | 71 71% |
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| Jun 19, 2014 | Rickets | 90 51% |
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JSchlansky | 95 96% |
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One of the most underrated films ever made in my eyes. Video essay deconstructing the final shootout: https://youtu.be/7NQPDk3eD2E
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| May 30, 2014 | seatsniffer | 91 88% |
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TinyBonanza | 42 48% |
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verbals | 74 40% |
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It delivers upon it's premise and it is a bit more intelligent than other movies of a similar vain but I did not enjoy or empathize with a single one of the characters or any of the long bits of dialogue. It does have some neat action scenes scattered throughout that have both pizazz and realism but the dialogue and characters did not have the pizazz and realism needed to match the action scenes.
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| Jul 15, 2013 |  |
soraxtm | 70 53% |
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| Apr 28, 2013 | criticuser33 | 87 86% |
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