rating:
(out of
4 stars)United Kingdom, Canada; 2001
Directed by Ronny Yu; produced by Jonathan Debin, Andras Hamori, Malcolm Kohll, Seaton McLean, David Pupkewitz; written by Stel Pavlou
Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Nigel Whitmey, Robert Jezek, Emily Mortimer, Meat Loaf, Jake Abraham
Below you will find a temporary review for this film. The real (better, more complete) review will be online very soon.
'The 51 State' is a silly film with a silly plot and a silly Samuel L.
Jackson, wearing a kilt. Sometimes it is fun, but the film is only about
trying to look cool, nothing else. Even the kilt Jackson is wearing has no
purpose but trying to make Jackson look cool, although the word I would use
is silly. There is no good reason to see this film other then being a fan of
one of the performers that also include Robert Carlyle, Meat Loaf, Emily
Mortimer and Rhys Ifans.
It is not that the film is that bad it is just done a lot better before.
Dealing drugs and being cool must sound pretty familiar. Jackson character
is not only a black man in a kilt, his weapon of choice is a golf club. I am
close to thinking that the reason for that is because Tiger Woods is also a
cool black man with a golf club. With this film I might be right. Spending
more words is useless. See this film if you really like any of the actors,
or actually, love any of the actors. If not try something else like 'The
Salton Sea' which is also a 'Trainspotting'/'Pulp Fiction' rip-off like
this, but a much better one. Or you could watch the originals themselves.