The Way of the Gun

  • 2001


MOVIE IS unpleasant preposterous convoluted ironic entertaining
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45 % Rotten
$ 17 Million
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Positive Reviews 33
Negative reviews 29
Average Rating 2.6/5
unpleasant preposterous convoluted ironic entertaining

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3.1
At first youre surprised when you get the rug pulled out from under you. Eventually, if youre a quick study, you stop stepping on it. Rogerebert
1.5
A lethargically paced yarn that overextends its welcome by at least 25 minutes. Variety
4.5
With an Oscar under his belt for the screenplay of The Usual Suspects, McQuarrie makes his directorial bow with this arresting attempt at a contempora .. Time Out
4.5
They kick her butt, a darkly comic improvisation that sets the movies darkly comic, ridiculously bloody tone.
4.5
McQuarrie doesnt mess with tradition when it comes to music, however.
1.5
Like a director whos budgeted a helicopter and cant bear not to use it, McQuarrie cant help larding his directorial debut with trimmings from far supe ..
1.3
Rotten, pretentious movie full of minimalist dialogue and self consciously arty cinematography. San Francisco Chronicle
3.1
But the payoff is blunted by the preposterous and unnecessarily gory shootouts. Ny Daily News
3.0
All in all, I suppose I was not taken by as much of this film as I had hoped but certainly wouldnt qualify it as a bad picture. JoBlo
2.5
An odd mingling of the old and the no longer quite so new, a picture that shows flashes of wit but as a whole doesnt hang together. One Guys Opinion
3.8
The Way of the Gun will be too bloody for many viewers, but for those who arent turned off by the high level of violence, McQuarries first venture beh .. ReelViews
2.0
Had this blood soaked exercise in mayhem been written and directed by anyone other than Christopher McQuarrie, who wowed audiences with his script for .. Tv Guide
2.5
Still, I have to applaud McQuarrie for making a movie that doesnt explain everything and give everything away, like most movies seem to. Combust Ible Celluloid
1.5
A lot of uninteresting and unpleasant people torture, abuse, and fire guns at a lot of other uninteresting and unpleasant people, in a repulsive, inte .. Chicago Reader
1.9
The movie has a bunch of great individual scenes, but as a whole, the thing never gels. Reel Film Reviews
3.1
Its not a bad action film, but slogging through this pointless determinism slows it down. Lariat
2.0
This bullet riddled domino effect of surprise complications, deception, duplicitous relationships, and mayhem is vintage Peckinpah and Tarantino minus .. News Review
1.5
Since we dont care about any of them and arent mesmerized enough for good or bad by their attitudes and actions, the film becomes the equivalent of vi .. Screen It
1.5
Anyone expecting the devious subtlety of Suspects will be hugely disappointed by this. Independent
3.5
A blackly funny, extremely twisty crime drama full of secretive characters and complex moral dilemmas. Shadows On The Wall
3.1
This is a valuable social document thats also a steadily absorbing movie. Cs Monitor
1.5
Where The Way of the Gun falters seriously is its too leisurely pacing. New York Post
0.5
So glacially paced and relentlessly unpleasant that it quickly becomes hard to care whos doing or did what to whom. Film Journal International ..
3.5
More bullets, fewer words, and a shorter story could have made for a more entertaining night at the movies. Internet Reviews
2.0
Comes off as just another needlessly dense, derivative, smug and depressing throwaway. Internet Reviews
3.0
The uneven film generally drags along as if it were trying to approximate slow motion. Internet Reviews
4.5
Sometimes, the guilty pleasure makes you mad the moments, the It has its moments moments, are so delectable that it throws into even sharper contrast ..
3.8
replaces Tarantinos hip polish with a grave existentialism that is more reminiscent of Sam Peckinpah or the early films of William Friedkin Q Network
1.5
McQuarrie has inserted some of the most groan worthy dialogue outside of the porn world. Salon
1.5
Everyone keeps trying to doublecross else, one abstract plot twist follows another, and after a while the audience, like the characters, is just marki ..
3.0
Wants 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 borro .. Flim Threet
4.0
A cross between Tarantino and Peckinpah, it combines an amusing, dark script with constant action. Bbc
3.8
If one looks past the carnage, one can see a solid entertainment further distinguished by fine performances. Mr Brown Movies
3.1
In a way, almost seems motivated by the same things that drive his killers: desperation and loot. Chicago Tribune
2.5
In The Usual Suspects, McQuarries manifold plot of collective collusion all came together in the shocker finale. But in here the complexities never co .. Spliced Wire
1.5
We understand aspires toward meaningful complications, but with all the people and words in the way nothing sticks. Oregon Live
1.5
This little crime drama is shiny and cool, but the derivativeness, series of overly convoluted substories and a silly, is it done yet bloodbath roundu .. E Online
4.5
It is evil because secretly it does not know what it is. It is evil because it is adrift in a world that is too opiated to confront its soulless convi .. The Stranger
0.5
The Way of the Gun is doomy trash, a blood soaked saga of remorseless killers and natural born blatherers. Im sure Ive seen worse movies, but nothing .. Wsj
5.0
It boastfully claims roaring, bloodletting gunfire to do Sam Peckinpah proud, Joe Kraemers throbbing percussive score (proving timpani should get more .. The Filmy Ap
4.5
Its hard stuff to watch, but the movie was written and filmed so smartly and with such boldness, with just the right ironic edge, that it counters the .. Chron
0.5
Devoid of even one sympathetic character, sluggishly paced, and full of unnecessary subplots and supporting players, The Way Of The Gun is bad enough .. Film Avclub
3.1
As for those plot twists, Im still trying to untangle some of them. Were most of them really necessary Post Gazette
4.5
For a first time directing effort, The Way Of The Gun offers a tantalizing look at McQuarries promising new career. Film Quips Online
1.5
Self indulgent, excessive, overly personal and wears out its welcome sooner than the filmmaker had ever anticipated. Jam! Movies
2.5
Certainly, has a passive watchability but it never does anything new or different with its material Flip Side Archive
2.5
Ambles on with a lot of perfectly good individual scenes but no real point. Aisle Seat
1.5
A threepenny opera of lurid plot turns, oceanic bloodletting, and pseudo existential dialogue. Vulture
3.8
Before it fires off a few too many volleys of bullets for its own good, The Way of the Gun rolls out as a noirish, contemporary crime drama with a coo .. Tulsa World
2.5
Do the movies generic roots its patent investments in action flicks, thrillers, gangster movies, Westerns, and films noirs make it just another genre .. Nitrate Online
1.3
Far more troubling than technical deficiencies is the cynicism of The Way of the Gun, which trots out the cliches of gratuitous violence and nihilism .. Baltimoresun
3.8
A wild, gory tale full of violence, to be sure. But it is also full of intrigue, and the distinctive stamp of a born storyteller. Web Archive
1.5
There undoubtedly is an intriguing film lurking within the shambles of this film, but McQuarrie wasnt the director who could carve away the fat to get .. Web Archive
1.5
The plot is almost as convoluted as the story in The Usual Suspects, but McQuarrie substitutes revolting buckets of blood for the style and wit of the .. Web Archive
4.5
Its a film out of its time, but for moviegoers who share McQuarries taste and we know who we are such stuff is eternal. Web Archive
0.5
McQuarries entire roster strains the limits of character likability to the breaking point, and no amount of plot twists, double crosses, or hidden all .. Web Archive
3.1
The violence is a bit much but the name says it all. The actors are all on the mark. Web Archive
2.5
It wants to keep you guessing, but there are so many twists and turns that I gave up trying to guess. Looking Closer
2.5
Both the picture and its nefarious plot seem self consciously calculated. Globe and Mail
3.0
So well written, so clever, so innovative, and so aware of its place in the grand scheme of things that it is strangely empty of anything except techn .. Gost Dog
4.5
This to me is what seeing movies is all about. I was thoroughly entertained and had no idea what was coming next. Supercala.com
0.5
A grisly mix of carnage, torture, backroom surgery and painful dialogue. Maclean's Magazine
3.0
The violence here seems about par for the course with this sort of film, while the thin characterizations and pulp fiction setting dont allow for any .. Japan Times
0.5
A two hour marathon of deceit, murder and mayhem with absolutely no point or interest. San Diego Metropolitan
3.8
McQuarrie is able to have become both an involving drama and an exciting action movie, a combination rarely achieved with any degree of success.
3.0
Starts out intelligently, only to fall apart during its last act. eye WEEKLY
1.5
McQuarrie misfires occasionally, and his target hip, violent, Tarantino esque noir is already bullet riddled. But that doesnt stop this Gun from findi ..
3.0
The new directors pacing runs slack sometimes and never quite achieves the quality of taut suspense, but there is so much promise and the script is so .. Hartford Courant
1.5
If The Usual Suspects is all plot, a winding road map on the printed page, then The Way of the Gun takes place between the lines. River Front Times
1.5
This overcooked experiment in violent realism and anti heroism lags into blood soaked torpidity. By the time the inevitable, if blisteringly staged, f ..



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