Best movie of this year hands down!

Just perfect...

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Might appear dated now, but Doug 'Bourne identity' 'Edge of tomorrow' 'Mr./Mrs. Smith' 'Swingers' Liman has such a firm grip on the narrative, all the way through, that this one almost acts as the template-setter for everything that came after, in spite of its superlow budget, that is evident. And no, this is not a 'Clerks' or a 'Mallrats' wannabe, though the supermarket kinda connects our main characters. The trope, as tropes go, follows different paths taken by various lead characters from 2 points in the plot, 1, that sets things off, and the other, that acts as kind of a pre-climax of sorts, if that makes sense (it will, when you watch it). However, this is not just a post Pulp Fiction piecing together gimmick. It helps that said gimmick is help by solid narrative set- pieces, like the one where Katie Holmes' and Timothy Olyphant's characters get together accidentally (for the 2nd time) when Holmes lets loose, for the first time in the flick, followed by the recurring, consistent way Taye Diggs' character's jacket becomes a plot-twist, and the dinner scene at William Fichtner's place (fanta- hilarious), the scene with X marking the spot for some delayed revenge etc. Anyways, was a nice blast-from-the-past kinda experience, which has more in common with Liman's own 'Swingers' and Favreau's 'Made' (both of them with Vaughn and Favreau). Sarah Polley, Gordon-Levitt wannabe Desmond Askew, Timothy Olyphant, Taye Diggs, Jay Mohr, Scott Wolff, William Fichtner, Melissa McCarthy, Breckin Meyer, Jane Krakowski, the vastly underrated JE Freeman etc. have all had their own paths (with Polley even helming great movies), but this is a good one to watch to remember what they were once a part of (in a good way). Worth multiple viewings....even the deleted scenes actually should have been part of the flick....maybe a future complete-cut??

Go (1999): Dir: Doug Liman / Cast: Sarah Polley, Katie Holmes, Jay Mohr, Desmond Askew, Taye Diggs: An obvious knock off of Pulp Fiction with three story lines weaved into one screenplay. Title doesn't exactly reflect on anything. Sarah Polley just completed a fourteen hour shift but accepts more work when a co-worker leaves for Vegas. She encounters two suspicious individuals who request drugs and since she is in need of cash she goes on a dangerous odyssey to obtain them. The Vegas boys end up burning a hotel room and fleeing from the law. Some subplots do not suit the narrative but director Doug Liman is creative and certainly makes an attempt to present viewers with an outcome that might not be quite so obvious. Polley is superb as drug addict grocer bent on deception to survive. Katie Holmes plays her best friend who ends up separated from Polley but ultimately makes a romantic connection when she turns up at the right place. Jay Mohr plays an undercover cop caught up in an operation where he ends up the one in handcuffs. Desmond Askew and Taye Diggs are on the run from Vegas after accidentally burning a hotel room and causing a fatality with a stripper dancer that results in a gun shot. Although it is not quite Pulp Fiction this is a very clever film about bad decisions that grow into fatal consequences. If not this then go watch Pulp Fiction again. Score: 6 / 10

A long (seems longer than 100 minutes), manic and extremely tedious movie about an extraordinarily obnoxious group of people who evidently are supposed to be funny but are only annoying. The most obnoxious actor and character by far is Desmond Askew as Simon, and his namesake middle segment - about four morons in Las Vegas - is the most irritating.The ONLY ten minutes worth watching in this stupid movie are a hilarious Christmas dinner involving characters played by William Fitchner, Jane Krakowski, Scott Wolf and Jay Mohr and a tiny but delightful bit with Melissa McCarthy. Both of those scenes are in the final "Adam & Zack" (Wolf and Mohr) segment, which would have made for a good end if only some of the morons from the insufferable "Simon" segment hadn't reappeared and dragged the movie back down into stupidity.Maybe you need to be a Tarantino fan to appreciate this movie. The 17-year-old straight male goons who have taken over movie theatres probably loved it - especially the middle segment about morons just like them. Except for the scenes with Wolf and Mohr, which seemed like a different movie, I hated it.

I have no clue why horrible 90s movies get such high ratings. It was the worst decade from movies ever. Actually this film was from 1999 but it looked more like it was filmed in 1991. It was sort of like the 90s trying desperately to cling onto it's worn out style. Anyway the plot acting characters script was all simply terrible cheesy and didn't even have camp value. No wonder our local CW station plays it for week end filler. Usually on Saturdays they will play old movies that are terrible. I guess they realize that moves people are out doing stuff. But once in a while I have the misfortune of being stuck home on a Saturday afternoon and having to watch such dreadful garbage. Not all movies from the 90s were bad but most of them seemed like they were overly focused on the grunge style as a total and utter crutch to support it. With a total lack of real script, premise, and plot these horrible films were just cranked out of Hollywood one after the other. It was like a decade in which they weren't even trying at all. Even a lot of cheesy stuff from the 80s seemed like Hollywood was actually still trying back then, but by the 1990s it's like Hollywood gave up. Id have to say though that after 2000 movies started getting better and better. But back in the 90s most of it was nothing but trash. And even if 'trash' was the point it wasn't even good trash. ha ha I think this movie was out of place too for 1999 because by then styles were starting to change and yet this movie has a total 1991 feel to it. So not only was it typical 90s garbage but it was out of style even for it's time.