Love with the safety off.
Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his girlfriend Samantha to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures alive and in trouble with Samantha is better than the more permanent alternative, so he heads south of the border.
ActionComedyCrimeRomancemexicokidnappingromcomroad tripthiefmobsterlos angeles, californiaon the roadstorytelling
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Character
Classical in form, contemporary, effortless and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- effortlessdemanding
- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Brad PittJerry
- Julia RobertsSamantha
- James GandolfiniLeroy
- J.K. SimmonsTed
- Bob BalabanNayman
- Sherman AugustusWell Dressed Black Man
- Michael CerverisFrank
- Gene HackmanMargolese
- Richard CocaCar Thief
- David KrumholtzBeck
Crew
- Gore VerbinskiDirector
- J. H. WymanWriter
- Dariusz WolskiDirector of Photography
- Alan SilvestriOriginal Music Composer
- Craig WoodEditor
- John BaldecchiProducer
- Lawrence BenderProducer
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