Go [DVD] [1999]

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DVD Special Features Animated Main Menu Behind The Scenes Featurette Deleted Scenes Director's Commentary Filographies International Trailer 3 x Music Videos Audio Set Up Language Chioce Multiple Language Subtitles Scene Selections Ratio: 1:2.35 Feature Length: 98 minutes From .co.uk ----------- Director Doug Liman's follow-up to the winning Swingers ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004D0AY/${0} ) is a rollicking adventure that, while lacking in any substantial plot, speeds along with non-stop adrenaline and style to burn. Taking a cue from Pulp Fiction ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004D00L/${0} ), Liman plays tricks with time and overlapping plots, all of which play out in L.A. and Las Ve in a 24-hour period sometime between Christmas and New Year's. Slacker grocery-store clerk Ronna (Sarah Polley) is trying to score rent money by selling hits of Ecstasy at a rave party, but winds up inadvertently double-crossing a ruthless dealer (sexy and y Timothy Olyphant). She's also invading the dealing turf of her coworker Simon (Desmond Askew), a Brit on his first trip to Ve, which turns nightmarish after a jaunt with pal Marcus (Taye Diggs) to a "gentleman's club" turns violent. And then there's the two soap-opera actors (Jay Mohr and Scott Wolf) who cross paths with Ronna more than once in their attempts to divest themselves of a drug-related charge by participating in a sting. The way Liman and writer John August layer these stories owes a huge debt to Quentin Tarantino, but the comedy and action sequences rocket like a bat out of hell with energy, humour, and genuine surprise. In addition to some hilarious dialogue exchanges--including a classic scene between Ronna's stoned friend (Nathan Bexton) and a Zen cat--Liman works wonders with one the most winning ensembles in recent memory, a cast that includes both established actors and TV cuties. Mohr, Diggs, and especially Polley (doing a 180 from her turn in The Sweet Hereafter ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004CWUX/${0} )) are as excellent as you'd expect, but it's Wolf (of Party of Five) and Dawson's Creek ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004R7E9/${0} )'s Katie Holmes (as Polley's best bud) who turn in revelatory work; Holmes especially seems poised to be a breakout star. An amazing cinematic ride--like a roller coaster, you'll want to go back again and again. --Mark Englehart