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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Sony EAN: 9780767835091 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0767835093 Label: Sony Pictures Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Region Code: 1 Release Date: August 24, 1999 Running Time: 103 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: April 09, 1999 Sales Rank: 6699 MPN: COLD03826D
Description: Eighteen-year-old Ronna, accompanied by reluctant partner-in-crime and fellow supermarket checkout clerk Claire, is desperately looking to score some rent money before she's evicted. Simon, an impulsive Brit, is driving a stolen car with buddy Marcus during a no-holds-barred night of partying on the Las Vegas strip. Adam and Zack, a pair of TV stars, find themselves in the middle of a real-life drug sting - and a very creepy Christmas dinner.
Welcome to the edgy comedy GO, in which the misadventures of a group of young people collide in Los Angeles' raucous underground scene.
Set over a 24-hour period in L.A. and Las Vegas, this unconventionally structured comedy is told from the decidedly off-center perspectives of three parties involved in the outrageous events that surround a botched drug deal: a duo of down-on-their-luck supermarket checkout girls, a pair of soap opera actors and an impetuous British expatriate - all of whom discover they are in way over their heads. In the midst of this wild ride, we learn about everything from the possible advantages of mutli-level marketing to the techniques of tantric lovemaking to how to make a fast buck at a rave with a little ingenuity and a box of cold medicine.
Amazon.com: Director Doug Liman's follow-up to the winning Swingers is a rollicking adventure that, while lacking in any substantial plot, speeds along with nonstop adrenaline and style to burn. Taking a cue from Pulp Fiction, Liman plays tricks with time and overlapping plots, all of which play out in L.A. and Las Vegas 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 scary Timothy Olyphant). She's also invading the dealing turf of her coworker Simon (Desmond Askew), a Brit on his first trip to Vegas, 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, humor, 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) are as excellent as you'd expect, but it's Wolf (of Party of Five) and Dawson's Creek'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
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Maybe it's a generational thing
I tried. My wife and I watched about 20-25 minutes with an open mind trying like heck to see what the good reviews are about. It's not that the movie is terrible in the conventional sense. The acting ... Read More
Rating: - codeword: fun plus inticing equals: a keeper, but sour music tarnishes a 4
See 'Go'. It is definetely worth a night on. Everyone liked this I saw it with, in fact we compared to a sort of 'Empire Records' type of cast, albeit certainly different plots, however I am sure you understand ... Read More
Rating: - Fantastic cast and energetic direction serve the film well
It is too easy to compare this to Pulp Fiction but yes it has a lot in common with the Tarantino film. Clever dialogue, three main stories whose characters overlap and lots of jumping forward and backward in time. ... Read More
Rating: - An Alternate Christmas Movie
This clever child of Pulp Fiction and Rashomon is a sheer delight. If you are tired of Miracle on 34th Street and A Christmas Carol or are just looking for another Christmas film then look no further. Although not recomended ... Read More
Rating: - Rave un2 The Joy Fantastic
Normally I would give "Go" 4 stars, but since I am in it as a movie extra during the rave scene, it gets 5 stars. God it was so long ago since I worked on this, when I was young and still able to do raves. I remember after ... Read More
- Maybe it's a generational thing
- codeword: fun plus inticing equals: a keeper, but sour music tarnishes a 4
- An Alternate Christmas Movie