The Way of the Gun (2000)

119 min · Action, Criminal Comedy Film, action film, drama film, heist film

Popularity4.5/5

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Directors

Christopher McQuarrie

Cast

Benicio Del Toro, Ryan Phillippe, Juliette Lewis, James Caan, Taye Diggs, Nicky Katt, Geoffrey Lewis, Dylan Kussman, Scott Wilson, Kristin Lehman

The story

Parker and Longbaugh are petty criminals from Illinois who travel to New Mexico hoping for the proverbial "big score." At a sperm donation clinic, the pair overhear a telephone conversation detailing a $1 million payment to a surrogate mother. They kidnap the heavily pregnant surrogate, Robin, resulting in a shootout with her bodyguards, Jeffers and Obecks, who are arrested. Longbaugh summons Robin's gynecologist, Dr.

Catalogue themes and tags

Abgesägte Schrotflinte, Abortion, Anti Hero, Bleed to Death, Blood Donation, Bullet proof vest, C-section, Car Crash, Complicated Birth, Ehepaar, Ermordung, Frauenarzt, From Rags to Riches, Gas Station, Hill, Labor Pain, Leibwächter, Medic, Mercenary, Mexico, Mobile Phone, Money Delivery, Motel, Observierung, Ransom, Russisches Roulette, Saloon, Shootout, Small-Time Criminal, Sperm Bank, Sperm Donation, Sterben, Strohmann, Surrogate Mother, Untreue, Verhältnis, Villa, bester Freund, chase, millionar, schwanger, sniper rifle, whore house, Crime Fiction, Thriller, Cult, Action/Adventure, Drama, Crime Thriller, Action

Genres

Action, Criminal Comedy Film, action film, drama film, heist film

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