
Two petty if violent criminals kidnap a girl being paid $1m to be a surrogate mother. As the baby is for a gangster the pair's demand for money sees several henchmen and assorted other ruthless characters head after them to Mexico. Bullets rather than talking are always going to settle this one.... (Full plot summary below)
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Two petty if violent criminals kidnap a girl being paid $1m to be a surrogate mother. As the baby is for a gangster the pair's demand for money sees several henchmen and assorted other ruthless characters head after them to Mexico. Bullets rather than talking are always going to settle this one.
Leave your thoughts about The Way of the Gun.
| The Film YapNick RogersIt boastfully claims roaring, bloodletting gunfire to do Sam Peckinpah proud, Joe Kraemer's throbbing percussive score (proving timpani should get more melodies) and any number of quotable, slick dialogue snippets. Swaggering, verbose, soulful and badass. |
| Movie MomNell MinowMcQuarrie shows a sure hand in his first time as director, with a muted color palatte, strong rhythm, and effective action sequences. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanPlays like an unusually ritzy festival circuit audition film, though McQuarrie, it must be said, aces the audition. |
| Film.comPeter BrunetteIf you're interested in heavy-lidded moodiness and lots of attitude, Phillippe and Del Toro can't be beat. |
| The New York TimesA.O. ScottMay feel redundant, but it is stylish and intelligent. |
| Film.comGemma FilesA tiny slice of bleak, black near-perfection. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAll the players deliver performances that kill. |
| USA TodayAndy SeilerGives new meaning to the phrase "not for the squeamish." |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonIt's a tour-de-force of cinematic invention. But at the same time, it's just about the coldest, most pointless crime movie I've ever seen. |
| Film ThreatTom MeekWants to be one of these violent, manly yet provocative films, but unfortunately it unfurls as more of a big budgeted student film; a collage of borrowed images paying homage to great directors. |