Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
2.5/4
"Love And A .45" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 01/09/2012
When a convenience store robbery goes wrong, a professional thief and his true love head to Mexico pursued by the cops, a pair of drug addled hitmen and his psychotic ex-partner. Original, Love And A .45 is not. But although blatantly pillaging True Romance, Wild At Heart and Reservoir Dogs, it's written and directed with enough style and understanding of the genre that it has enough going for it to make it a pretty decent blood spattered road movie. Gil Bellows and a surprisingly hot Renee Zellweger make a likeable couple and they are ably supported by Rory Cochrane's manic turn as the scumbag who's the source of all their woes and Jeffrey (Reanimator) Combs is clearly enjoying himself as the obligatory wacky hitman. The one handicap is its insistence on having wacky characters shoot up …
Rating of
3/4
A good road movie
WestIsBest - wrote on 11/18/2007
I have watched this film quite a few times now and always enjoy it. There are some moments when I begin to lose interest but for the most part it keeps me interested and entertained. Gil Bellows and Renee Zellwegger have great chemistry and play off the rest of the cast equally as well. Rory Cochrane turns in a brilliant performance as Billy Mack, a guy who is having a really bad day and is on a hell of a lot of drugs. His continued nervous energy is something to behold. The highlight for me however (as usual!) was Jeffrey Combs as Dinosaur Bob. Along with Creepy Cody, these two characters provide the comic relief of the movie while still having some serious moments of their own. It's nice to see Combs in a different role than he is usually given and he absolutely revels in it.
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