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This film was quite a surprise, I knew its vibe screamed 90s and that was one of the reasons I was so drawn to it, the other one being that it's a multiple point of view story, which if done very well, it can be really effective and efficient in telling a story. So the premise is a drug deal gone awry, and told from three different perspectives, of course each providing us different takes on the same problem and how it got the characters there in the first place. Really interesting, well executed. The acting is great, especially Timothy Olyphant and William Fichtner, who stand out in my opinion. One of the most interesting
aspects of the film is that the people involved are just young, naive people, rather than gangsters and evil-spirited people. Timothy Olyphant's character is
kinda shady, but he's really charismatic and that's an engaging quality. There is an arousing mixture of characters that constantly mess up and the results
are exhilarating.
Go is clearly an underrated film, and if you are reading this, I highly recommend it to you.
Go is clearly an underrated film, and if you are reading this, I highly recommend it to you.
- patriciogl10
- 23 mai 2019
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Covid sucks and it's been a pretty boring year. The only possible positive I can think of is having the time to find classic movies like this. 'Go' came out in 1999, when I was in High School, but I'm still surprised I haven't watched it before. I remember hearing it was a "Tarantino wanna be" from Doug Liman, but it's so much more. First, the story/plot is simple to follow but very entertaining. Not only does it have a great story but it's executed to perfection by the well chosen cast. Just to name a few members: Katie Holmes, William Fichtner, Taye Diggs, Timothy Olyphant, Jay Mohr, Sarah Polly, and it even has the debut of Melissa McCarthy. It's very rare to find a movie with this kind of cast and I was blown away by it. My favorite thing about the movie: It's length. It's a perfect amount of time to entertain you, but not take up a huge chunk of your day. It's direct and to the point, with no wasted screen time. I wish we had more movies like it.
If you haven't had the chance or maybe if you are just bored like I was, give this movie a chance and you won't be disappointed.
If you haven't had the chance or maybe if you are just bored like I was, give this movie a chance and you won't be disappointed.
A little gem of a movie, an excellent follow-up (but not sequel) to the fantastic "Swingers".
Sarah Polley is worth the price of admission alone, for her excellent performance. She is supported by an equally excellent cast including Taye Diggs, Scott Wolf, Katie Holmes, Jay Mohr, and Timothy Olyphant - among others.
Many viewed this movie as being an MTV version of Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" and, while this may to an extent me true, it is obviously much more than that; and an excellent stand-alone movie of it's own.
Split into 3 separate storylines which clash and collide along the way, finally merging as the movie comes to a close, this movie constantly keeps the viewer on edge; and provides an excellent example of the drug/club etc. scene of the 90's and 00's.
Favourite scene has to be: where the teens in the car (in the first storyline) are convinced they're 'going up', as they believe they're on Es - but are really on aspirin and allergy medicine! Fantastic!!!!
Funny, edgy, fast-paced with a sharp script, strong cast, and excellent soundtrack.
Sarah Polley is worth the price of admission alone, for her excellent performance. She is supported by an equally excellent cast including Taye Diggs, Scott Wolf, Katie Holmes, Jay Mohr, and Timothy Olyphant - among others.
Many viewed this movie as being an MTV version of Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" and, while this may to an extent me true, it is obviously much more than that; and an excellent stand-alone movie of it's own.
Split into 3 separate storylines which clash and collide along the way, finally merging as the movie comes to a close, this movie constantly keeps the viewer on edge; and provides an excellent example of the drug/club etc. scene of the 90's and 00's.
Favourite scene has to be: where the teens in the car (in the first storyline) are convinced they're 'going up', as they believe they're on Es - but are really on aspirin and allergy medicine! Fantastic!!!!
Funny, edgy, fast-paced with a sharp script, strong cast, and excellent soundtrack.
- lostintwinpeaks
- 1 nov. 2001
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"Go" reads like a very very good sophomore offering by a very very good up-and-coming director. You can almost see a bright future for everyone involved in the film, from the director (Doug Liman) to the screenwriter (John August) to all of the young actors. The script is clearly the winner, with witty dialogue and a convoluted plotline (or plotlines, depending on how you view it) centered around a dozen or so GenX-er Los Angelenos on Christmas Eve. The film slickly moves you from one plotline to the next, as you follow one minor disaster leading to other minor disasters.
The film being a "sophomore offering," of course, has some drawbacks. Yes, it is tangentially derivative of "Pulp Fiction." And yes, it does scrounge a bit from this teen flick and that. In some cases, certain plotlines wrap up too neatly, and in other cases the plotlines don't converge nearly as neatly enough. But what the film may lack in originality it certainly makes up for with style and quirks.
The real discovery in all this is the cast. Sarah Polly stands out (listen to her mild Canadian accent slip through once in a while) as the world-weary checkout gal who's first and only foray into drug-dealing unleashes a legion of trouble for her. Desmond Askew (wonderfully punny name) is this Pulp Fiction's Tim Roth, glib and cocky as his well-ordered world whirls and crumbles around him in a neatly choreographed disaster. As the sinister drug supplier, Timothy Olyphant is particularly menacing, exuding equal amounts of danger and innocence, sexiness and insecurity. The characters in "Go" never become cardboard parodies of themselves, and they never dissolve into charicatures of themselves for the sake of plot or atmosphere.
So watch the film, soak in the plot, atmosphere, and the characters. At the risk of sounding glib myself, by all means "Go."
The film being a "sophomore offering," of course, has some drawbacks. Yes, it is tangentially derivative of "Pulp Fiction." And yes, it does scrounge a bit from this teen flick and that. In some cases, certain plotlines wrap up too neatly, and in other cases the plotlines don't converge nearly as neatly enough. But what the film may lack in originality it certainly makes up for with style and quirks.
The real discovery in all this is the cast. Sarah Polly stands out (listen to her mild Canadian accent slip through once in a while) as the world-weary checkout gal who's first and only foray into drug-dealing unleashes a legion of trouble for her. Desmond Askew (wonderfully punny name) is this Pulp Fiction's Tim Roth, glib and cocky as his well-ordered world whirls and crumbles around him in a neatly choreographed disaster. As the sinister drug supplier, Timothy Olyphant is particularly menacing, exuding equal amounts of danger and innocence, sexiness and insecurity. The characters in "Go" never become cardboard parodies of themselves, and they never dissolve into charicatures of themselves for the sake of plot or atmosphere.
So watch the film, soak in the plot, atmosphere, and the characters. At the risk of sounding glib myself, by all means "Go."
It's fun going back and watching these movies from the 90s and seeing all these actors before they made it as big as they did (or at least some of them did). 'Go' got itself a pretty decent cast and probably did it for the minimum cost. Even Melissa McCarthy makes a brief (but quite funny) cameo. It meant a lot of fun performances in a fun little film.
I've always enjoyed the 3-perspective format. I've seen it in television a lot (it works perfectly in sit-com format separated by two ad breaks) but haven't seen it as often in films. I thought it was going to be how three people experienced the same story but it was more a case of three separate stories which happen to intersect a lot.
I found the characters in this movie either likeable or interesting. The likeable ones weren't always interesting but the unlikable ones certainly were (if that makes sense). The film also finds a good balance between humour and seriousness. It has some laughs but it never feels like that is the primary goal. I liked this film. 7/10.
I've always enjoyed the 3-perspective format. I've seen it in television a lot (it works perfectly in sit-com format separated by two ad breaks) but haven't seen it as often in films. I thought it was going to be how three people experienced the same story but it was more a case of three separate stories which happen to intersect a lot.
I found the characters in this movie either likeable or interesting. The likeable ones weren't always interesting but the unlikable ones certainly were (if that makes sense). The film also finds a good balance between humour and seriousness. It has some laughs but it never feels like that is the primary goal. I liked this film. 7/10.
- jtindahouse
- 16 sept. 2022
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After PULP FICTION a lot of films tried to emulate its format. But none came close to matching its success. GO has clear elements of PULP FICTION in it, but it does its own thing at the same time. This is the right way to make a movie that may be inspired by another great film while still branching out on its own.
The story is great fun from the first frame to the last. The characters are fun and believable and there is a lot of great dialog here. Every time I watch it I continue to be impressed, even still after all these years. It never lets me down and it never once lets up even for a second. Highly recommend.
The story is great fun from the first frame to the last. The characters are fun and believable and there is a lot of great dialog here. Every time I watch it I continue to be impressed, even still after all these years. It never lets me down and it never once lets up even for a second. Highly recommend.
I recently watched Go! for the first time in almost a decade having seen it a few times in the initial years after its release. Some aspects of it were as solid and entertaining as I remembered, some others seemed weaker.
This is a film very much of the Tarantino era. It's clearly inspired by his early works (with a hint of Coen-esque black comedy) so if you're not a QT fan, then it's probably one to avoid (although it is certainly less violent than his work, so if you like his style but not the occasional brutality then this may be for you).
The film is made up of three interlocking stories focusing on employees of a food market. It was originally written as a single short story, but when friends of the writer showed interest in what happened with the other characters, he extended it to its current form. Taking inspiration from QTs films, the director decides to mess with the chronology and show each story from beginning to almost end, one after another. Unlike in Pulp Fiction where this is entirely necessary, here it comes off as more of a gimmick. It works on the couple of occasions where the third story intersects the first . However it leaves the second story set in Vegas to fend for itself. This is undoubtedly the weakest of the three arcs, in terms of characters, acting and believability and therefore makes the film drag a little in the middle.
However, the first and in particular the third story, together with the final ten minutes which ties the ends do, more than make up for it and leave the film with a definite thumbs up. Sarah Polley carries her segment well and it's a surprise that we haven't heard more from her over the last decade. Scott Wolf and Jay Mohr are particularly entertaining and have the best scene as they are propositioned by a cop and his wife over an early Christmas dinner. Towards the end, one of the characters seem to completely betray the development from earlier in the film, which feels a little forced. However this can be excused by the questionable morality shown by all of the characters which is something of a theme.
The score is excellent and the cinematography is inventive and works 75% of the time. Only in Vegas does it seem cool for cool's sake.
This is a film very much of the Tarantino era. It's clearly inspired by his early works (with a hint of Coen-esque black comedy) so if you're not a QT fan, then it's probably one to avoid (although it is certainly less violent than his work, so if you like his style but not the occasional brutality then this may be for you).
The film is made up of three interlocking stories focusing on employees of a food market. It was originally written as a single short story, but when friends of the writer showed interest in what happened with the other characters, he extended it to its current form. Taking inspiration from QTs films, the director decides to mess with the chronology and show each story from beginning to almost end, one after another. Unlike in Pulp Fiction where this is entirely necessary, here it comes off as more of a gimmick. It works on the couple of occasions where the third story intersects the first . However it leaves the second story set in Vegas to fend for itself. This is undoubtedly the weakest of the three arcs, in terms of characters, acting and believability and therefore makes the film drag a little in the middle.
However, the first and in particular the third story, together with the final ten minutes which ties the ends do, more than make up for it and leave the film with a definite thumbs up. Sarah Polley carries her segment well and it's a surprise that we haven't heard more from her over the last decade. Scott Wolf and Jay Mohr are particularly entertaining and have the best scene as they are propositioned by a cop and his wife over an early Christmas dinner. Towards the end, one of the characters seem to completely betray the development from earlier in the film, which feels a little forced. However this can be excused by the questionable morality shown by all of the characters which is something of a theme.
The score is excellent and the cinematography is inventive and works 75% of the time. Only in Vegas does it seem cool for cool's sake.
- mike-wright-1
- 26 nov. 2012
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I don't know what really makes this movie so great. It could be the outstanding cast, the pitch perfect editing, the quick and funny dialog or maybe some other feature of a movie one could possibly like.
The truth is this movie couldn't been done any better. When I watch a movie I usually come up with lots of things, which could have been done better or at least differently. This time I ended up with nothing.
What amazes me the most is how they manage to define all the 10+ major characters so well, and they do it in what, less than 100 minutes. Most movies featuring many characters, fall apart cause there isn't enough screen time to present the differences among them, which just leads to a smear of unrecognizable faces. This doesn't happen with this movie for two reasons: A) All characters have at least one scene to really define themselves. B) By dividing the the film into three sub-plots you can easily relate each character to a specific sub-plot.
The tempo is very fast for 90% of the movie. There are two scenes, which have a significantly slower tempo. Those are the two scenes featuring Katie Holmes and Timothy Olyphant. First in the apartment and later in the coffee-shop. In my opinion those scenes are the best, but there is a lot to choose from so I'm not offended if yours isn't.
This movie really shows that even simple and straight forward stories, can be both unpredictable and entertaining, if they are told the right way. Add to this a pumping soundtrack, solid editing and an overall great production in an unpredictably entertaining movie, you will agree with me that Go is one of the best films ever made.
The truth is this movie couldn't been done any better. When I watch a movie I usually come up with lots of things, which could have been done better or at least differently. This time I ended up with nothing.
What amazes me the most is how they manage to define all the 10+ major characters so well, and they do it in what, less than 100 minutes. Most movies featuring many characters, fall apart cause there isn't enough screen time to present the differences among them, which just leads to a smear of unrecognizable faces. This doesn't happen with this movie for two reasons: A) All characters have at least one scene to really define themselves. B) By dividing the the film into three sub-plots you can easily relate each character to a specific sub-plot.
The tempo is very fast for 90% of the movie. There are two scenes, which have a significantly slower tempo. Those are the two scenes featuring Katie Holmes and Timothy Olyphant. First in the apartment and later in the coffee-shop. In my opinion those scenes are the best, but there is a lot to choose from so I'm not offended if yours isn't.
This movie really shows that even simple and straight forward stories, can be both unpredictable and entertaining, if they are told the right way. Add to this a pumping soundtrack, solid editing and an overall great production in an unpredictably entertaining movie, you will agree with me that Go is one of the best films ever made.
Three years after directing the cult hit "Swingers" Doug Liman struck gold again with the hip young ensemble comedy "Go". Uniquely structured over the course of one crazy night in the lives of a bunch of young people in the city of angels.
The story follows four main characters Ronna (Sarah Polley), a supermarket cashier, who needs $300 to avoid being evicted from her apartment. Simon (Desmond Askew), Ronna's British co-worker who's is going to Las Vegas for the weekend with a few friends. Then there are Adam and Zack (Scott Wolf and Jay Mohr) a couple of gay soap opera actors who are cutting a deal with the police to help then arrest Simon who is friends with Tod (Timothy Olyphant) a local drug dealer.
The movie has a very 90s feel to it when watched today. Pagers were still big with teenagers. Raves were still cool and mysterious. This movies is like a time capsule of a time that really doesn't seem too long ago. Remember the good ole days of 1999, at the height of Y2K paranoia, and people still doing the Macarena what a time to be alive. (Yes, I'm being sarcastic if it isn't obvious). Okay so needing money in a hurry Ronna takes Simon's shift so he can go to Vegas. When Adam and Zack look to score some ecstasy from her in a sting operation she agrees. She goes to Tod to buy the stuff hoping to turn a profit when she resells it, not knowing that Adam and Zack are narcs. Although Tod needs some assurance that Ronna will pay him back, so she leaves her friend Claire (Katie Holmes) as collateral. Needless to say the deal goes bad and Ronna is now totally screwed.
Then the movie sort of starts over again but this time from Simon's point of view and his wild adventures in Vegas. Simon and friends get into some pretty crazy sh** and end up on the run from some low level strip club mobsters when Simon shots one of them in the arm. This story will cross path with Tod and Claire near the end.
Lastly we've go to the point of view of Adam and Zack and their relationship with officer Burke (William Fichtner) who is overseeing their plea bargain to get and arrest that will lead him to Tod. They will also run into Ronna again at a very inopportune time. Everything in each story in connected in one way or another and makes it joy to watch. The characters are interesting, quirky, and funny, and the story is tightly packed with out a second to spare. It's a pretty fun experience even if it is a little dated. So if your feeling a little nostalgic for the 90s I suggest you "Go".
The story follows four main characters Ronna (Sarah Polley), a supermarket cashier, who needs $300 to avoid being evicted from her apartment. Simon (Desmond Askew), Ronna's British co-worker who's is going to Las Vegas for the weekend with a few friends. Then there are Adam and Zack (Scott Wolf and Jay Mohr) a couple of gay soap opera actors who are cutting a deal with the police to help then arrest Simon who is friends with Tod (Timothy Olyphant) a local drug dealer.
The movie has a very 90s feel to it when watched today. Pagers were still big with teenagers. Raves were still cool and mysterious. This movies is like a time capsule of a time that really doesn't seem too long ago. Remember the good ole days of 1999, at the height of Y2K paranoia, and people still doing the Macarena what a time to be alive. (Yes, I'm being sarcastic if it isn't obvious). Okay so needing money in a hurry Ronna takes Simon's shift so he can go to Vegas. When Adam and Zack look to score some ecstasy from her in a sting operation she agrees. She goes to Tod to buy the stuff hoping to turn a profit when she resells it, not knowing that Adam and Zack are narcs. Although Tod needs some assurance that Ronna will pay him back, so she leaves her friend Claire (Katie Holmes) as collateral. Needless to say the deal goes bad and Ronna is now totally screwed.
Then the movie sort of starts over again but this time from Simon's point of view and his wild adventures in Vegas. Simon and friends get into some pretty crazy sh** and end up on the run from some low level strip club mobsters when Simon shots one of them in the arm. This story will cross path with Tod and Claire near the end.
Lastly we've go to the point of view of Adam and Zack and their relationship with officer Burke (William Fichtner) who is overseeing their plea bargain to get and arrest that will lead him to Tod. They will also run into Ronna again at a very inopportune time. Everything in each story in connected in one way or another and makes it joy to watch. The characters are interesting, quirky, and funny, and the story is tightly packed with out a second to spare. It's a pretty fun experience even if it is a little dated. So if your feeling a little nostalgic for the 90s I suggest you "Go".
- RockPortReview
- 15 juin 2013
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Go has not gotten even half of the praise it deserves. The script is genius and the fast paced directing and cinematography are totally the reason to see something in the theatre rather than video. And this is not just another "oh this is my favorite movie, so it has to be great" reviews, there are facts. The epic Godfather, ranked as the best movie ever created by a human being, is lucky if it goes for 20 minutes without having the sound lose sync with the mouth movement. Not that I'm totally knocking it. And also, everyone says, "oh Go is the son of Pulp Fiction", "a lesser Pulp Fiction", but the fact is the it's structure has much more in common with the other Tarantino great Jackie Brown. Rent this to see what great cinema is.
- pulporange31
- 1 sept. 2001
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The thing I liked most about this movie is that nearly every time I thought the movie was slipping into a cliche, it managed to hurl itself the opposite direction and make fun of the cliche that I thought it was falling into.
Because I'd heard this movie compared to Pulp Fiction so much, I was comparing it to Pulp Fiction a little when I saw it... I definitely liked the humor in this movie more than Pulp Fiction's; not only was the script excellent, but the lines were delivered in such a way that even if I knew what a character was going to say, I laughed out loud because of how well they put it. The way the director used cutting to reveal new information made the jokes even funnier. But what makes this humor more entertaining (for me) than Pulp Fiction's is its taste... Both movies seem to make fun of cliches and genre & cultural conventions, but Go's is a bit more tame. For instance, in Pulp Fiction, I thought it was funny to see the big bad crime boss get his butt kicked, but not to see his butt get raped. In Go, just when I think that the humor's on the edge of going too far, it stops and turns to something else.
Anyways, I found this movie to be very enjoyable, and the pop soundtrack was great. It's definitely a refreshing change from most of today's formulaic comedies where I constantly find myself waiting for the movie to end.
Because I'd heard this movie compared to Pulp Fiction so much, I was comparing it to Pulp Fiction a little when I saw it... I definitely liked the humor in this movie more than Pulp Fiction's; not only was the script excellent, but the lines were delivered in such a way that even if I knew what a character was going to say, I laughed out loud because of how well they put it. The way the director used cutting to reveal new information made the jokes even funnier. But what makes this humor more entertaining (for me) than Pulp Fiction's is its taste... Both movies seem to make fun of cliches and genre & cultural conventions, but Go's is a bit more tame. For instance, in Pulp Fiction, I thought it was funny to see the big bad crime boss get his butt kicked, but not to see his butt get raped. In Go, just when I think that the humor's on the edge of going too far, it stops and turns to something else.
Anyways, I found this movie to be very enjoyable, and the pop soundtrack was great. It's definitely a refreshing change from most of today's formulaic comedies where I constantly find myself waiting for the movie to end.
One of my favorite films of all time. Hip, like Pulp Fiction, it's just crazy-insane fun. Not for everyone, due to language and drugs, but I really LOVED it! There are also so MANY cameos of great actors we know and love today.
Director Doug Liman has gone on to do HUGE, great movies, such as The Bourne Identity and Mr and Mrs Smith. Here we see some of his early talent.
Writer John August writes the Ask the Filmmaker/Ask a Screenwriter column here on IMDb.com
Just a great, fun movie, that hasn't seen been seen by as many people as it should.
3-14-06
Walt D in LV
Director Doug Liman has gone on to do HUGE, great movies, such as The Bourne Identity and Mr and Mrs Smith. Here we see some of his early talent.
Writer John August writes the Ask the Filmmaker/Ask a Screenwriter column here on IMDb.com
Just a great, fun movie, that hasn't seen been seen by as many people as it should.
3-14-06
Walt D in LV
- WaltDittrich
- 13 mars 2006
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Ultra-energetic, hip-to-the-bone movie of a night in the fast lane of drug- & fun-chasing California teens, with a load of up-and-coming young stars at the time. Not too much heart, and we've seen many tries in this genre... but few with such sass, speed, visual flair and vitality to simply entertain. Cheeky dialog adds its bit to this sort of more adult, dark take on "American Graffitti". Hopefully its well-deserved cult status will last!
Many have had a go at the Pulp Fiction-ish storytelling style, but who cares if it's not original when it works as splendidly as here? It also has one of the most memorably freaked-out drug trip scenes you'll ever see... "Macarena", anyone?!
7 out of 10 from Ozjeppe
Many have had a go at the Pulp Fiction-ish storytelling style, but who cares if it's not original when it works as splendidly as here? It also has one of the most memorably freaked-out drug trip scenes you'll ever see... "Macarena", anyone?!
7 out of 10 from Ozjeppe
I was interested in seeing this movie, but I was kind of disappointed. It's a lot darker and not as clever as I had thought it was going to be. An interesting premise (three separate stories telling the events of one night), but mediocre execution and resolution.
- cricketbat
- 2 janv. 2020
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This film has traces of Pulp Fiction embedded in it, but it's got a little "Swingers" and other films to it as well. All in all it's an entertaining movie which ends without epiphany for these characters (like .....). This film has multiple stories but does not try to be alternative and cool. It just wants to work! Sarah Polley (whom I never heard of at the time but follow her work now) was great; Katie Holmes wasn't quite Katie Holmes - and that was good; Fichtner's good; but my favorite was Timothy Olyphant who did a kick-ass job of a charasmatic bad-guy (it was hard not to hate him by the end). I've read the other comments and these people just take this thing TOO seriously! It's not the movie of 1999, it's not "Pulp Fiction", it's just "Go". I have this movie on DVD and heard Doug Linman's commentary: he sounds like he had a lot of fun making this. I had a killer time watching this. I guess if I came in with different expectations I would've hated it like everyone else on this site!
- patrickl-1
- 22 oct. 2002
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This is multi intertwining story lines split into 3 sections. Directed by Doug Liman, this is oddly compelling like an insane night that goes into the vault and never to be spoken about again.
The first section, Ronna (Sarah Polley) Claire (Katie Holmes) and Mannie have a night to remember. Ronna is trying to make a couple of bucks by selling E. When she doesn't have the real thing, she start selling fake E. Katie Holmes is actually a good fit for this character. Sarah Polley is her usual sardonic self.
The second section, Simon (Desmond Askew) is going to Vegas with 3 guys. I call it the three idiots and Taye Diggs. Desmond is certainly energetic. The problem is that these guys are so idiotic that I couldn't root for them.
The third section, Adam (Scott Wolf) and Zack (Jay Mohr) are being forced to co-operate by cop Burke (William Fichtner). They set up Ronna for a sting but she gets away. After being creep out by Burke, they set off for a night out.
I like the interlocking storyline. I like the first section best.
The first section, Ronna (Sarah Polley) Claire (Katie Holmes) and Mannie have a night to remember. Ronna is trying to make a couple of bucks by selling E. When she doesn't have the real thing, she start selling fake E. Katie Holmes is actually a good fit for this character. Sarah Polley is her usual sardonic self.
The second section, Simon (Desmond Askew) is going to Vegas with 3 guys. I call it the three idiots and Taye Diggs. Desmond is certainly energetic. The problem is that these guys are so idiotic that I couldn't root for them.
The third section, Adam (Scott Wolf) and Zack (Jay Mohr) are being forced to co-operate by cop Burke (William Fichtner). They set up Ronna for a sting but she gets away. After being creep out by Burke, they set off for a night out.
I like the interlocking storyline. I like the first section best.
- SnoopyStyle
- 31 déc. 2013
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- philip_vanderveken
- 31 mars 2005
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The first time i saw this flick, i was blown away...i thought it was a teenage version of pulp fiction(but pulp fiction is way superior). A brilliant movie that moves around and shows us the effects strangers may have on each other without knowing it...
Because one person does this, another person will be forced to do something else and so on. In the end, the actions of all the characters fit together nicely and smoothly.
This film also allows us to see Katie Holmes in a good role, shame on her for Disturbing Behavior.
Full of comedy, Drama, Sex and Rock and Roll, GO! has it all mixed together to spin an urban tale where anyone could find something to relate to.
Because one person does this, another person will be forced to do something else and so on. In the end, the actions of all the characters fit together nicely and smoothly.
This film also allows us to see Katie Holmes in a good role, shame on her for Disturbing Behavior.
Full of comedy, Drama, Sex and Rock and Roll, GO! has it all mixed together to spin an urban tale where anyone could find something to relate to.
- raving_wolf
- 11 déc. 2000
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This is the only mainstream movie I've seen that captures late 90's rave culture in the US. It's almost like it never happened. Whether you liked this time or not, it's important for subcultures to be represented historically for future generations.
The movie is also fun and entertaining, and quite weird. The middle segment (Vegas storyline) is by far the weakest link. Could have cut that out and added time to the other 2 stories.
The movie is also fun and entertaining, and quite weird. The middle segment (Vegas storyline) is by far the weakest link. Could have cut that out and added time to the other 2 stories.
It's really too easy to compare Go to Pulp Fiction; it just goes without saying. Tons of movies were released in the 90's that followed Tarantino's flair of crime movies with quirky characters, dark comedic moments and non-linear timelines. Go sits squarely with films like Snatch and Get Shorty as one of the better ones, the ones that have their own style and don't feel like a Tarantino knock-off.
Go is a clever film, with a tight and solid script. The characters aren't quite interesting enough and the atmosphere isn't quite stylish enough to make it as memorable as Guy Ritchie's early work, but it's a fun ride which supplies thrills and laughs all the way through, though it lacks in character depth and development, partly because it stuffs too many characters into just under 100 minutes. Stylistically, Go feels a bit too much like a TV production; the fact that most of the cast are by now familiar TV mainstays doesn't help - Katie Holmes (Dawson's Creek), Scott Wolf (Table for Five, Everwood), Timothy Olyphant (Deadwood), William Fichtner (Prison Break), Jane Krakowski (30 Rock) and Jay Mohr (Action, Garry Unmarried) are all quite good but many of them feel amateurish at times, and don't help much in defining the already shallow characters.
All of which makes Go feel a little like a writing student's exercise, with too little for the viewer to relate or connect to; but it's clever, fast-paced and entertaining enough to be very rewarding, especially at its modest runtime. It's a lightweight movie that won't stay with you too long, but it's tons of fun to watch.
Go is a clever film, with a tight and solid script. The characters aren't quite interesting enough and the atmosphere isn't quite stylish enough to make it as memorable as Guy Ritchie's early work, but it's a fun ride which supplies thrills and laughs all the way through, though it lacks in character depth and development, partly because it stuffs too many characters into just under 100 minutes. Stylistically, Go feels a bit too much like a TV production; the fact that most of the cast are by now familiar TV mainstays doesn't help - Katie Holmes (Dawson's Creek), Scott Wolf (Table for Five, Everwood), Timothy Olyphant (Deadwood), William Fichtner (Prison Break), Jane Krakowski (30 Rock) and Jay Mohr (Action, Garry Unmarried) are all quite good but many of them feel amateurish at times, and don't help much in defining the already shallow characters.
All of which makes Go feel a little like a writing student's exercise, with too little for the viewer to relate or connect to; but it's clever, fast-paced and entertaining enough to be very rewarding, especially at its modest runtime. It's a lightweight movie that won't stay with you too long, but it's tons of fun to watch.
- itamarscomix
- 14 nov. 2011
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Go is a surprisingly engrossing, surprisingly nifty little multi-stranded crime film running on inspiration from other crime films of the era; a director's own, kinetic style and a central, focused look at a whole range of troubled, often sleazy, young adults in a modern world full of drugs; debt; dangers and the forced taking on of responsibility. When I first saw Go, I liked it a lot; revisiting it a few years later, I found it just as entertaining; just as interesting and just as engaging as I did before. Everything about the premise for Go screams that it doesn't have a cat's chance in Hell of working, but the stylised energy combined with the tasteful handling of a lot of different scenes and situations work surprisingly well, and blend to create an experience which most certainly wears you out, but in an oddly refreshing sort of way.
The film, in covering an array of different characters but never bombarding nor overwhelming us, manages to deliver on a basis of both narrative and character. It is seamless in its blending of elements of the realistic with the surrealistic, all under a banner of raw energy spanning several hundred miles of which the characters travel within the picture. More recently, we've seen films which take a quick, kinetic and relatively easy-going aesthetic and apply criminal activity to it as a group of youths venture in and around contemporary America in some form. An example might be 2007 film Superbad, which did nothing but crack adolescent jokes, hate women and trivialise delicate and often illegal situations for a crowd. Go knows its place and it knows its genre as study, observations, the progression of character and some pretty frightening scenarios all play out under this same umbrella. Those that laugh at certain parts of Go have completely missed the point.
The first of three stories, this and another two of which revolve around those whom aren't usually explored in films of this ilk, sees Sarah Polley's shop worker named Ronna heavily in debt; facing eviction and desperate for money. Her story sees her involved in a drug deal with two other young men and a much elder male, which grows increasingly suspicious as she interacts with them, and eventually sees her have to ditch the drugs she was meant to deal resulting in the angering of dealer Todd (Olyphant), whom gave them to her. Ronna's fearless and independent attitude towards the men in her story, in particular Todd whom is financially better off and comes with a real air of menace, presents positive characteristics for the female in this role, as she descends deeper into a situation she brought upon herself through desperation. Ronna's ability to defy her male counterparts in doing what's best for her in avoiding the drug deal sting and being able to fool the dealer as she pulls along a casual and inept male companion, in Mannie (Bexton), who'd be lost without her, adds meat and awareness to an unfortunate but otherwise familiar short story.
Continuing with the film's theme of debt, and relatively hapless young adults getting themselves into hotter water than they'd like through which they'll come to learn the harsh realities of life that comes with getting involved in the sorts of activity they do, Simon (Askew), who's one of Ronna's co-workers, and a group of friends spend some time in Las Vegas. Again, the premise for the short with the accompanying aesthetic suggest it ought not work. Indeed, the trip is given the sort of leery and unnerving build when the group of four interact. In a much lesser work, it would've fallen apart at the seams, but the facing of facts that Las Vegas is a large; intimidating; confusing and dangerous place is gradually filtered through the system of the four. While not necessarily a demonisation of the place itself, it is certainly a reality check for the attitudes the characters share.
The study begins with the character of Tiny (Meyer) telling a story of himself to the others which transpires to have been untrue. He is caught out, made to look a fool and the entire sequence sets the tone for the narrow-minded, adolescent beliefs the characters have and how they'll be caught out. From here, the videos telling the occupants of a hotel room how to gamble downstairs comes across as arduous and confusing, further suggesting that these guy's are out of their depth, while the causality driven mishaps ranging from food-poisoning to casual drug use that leads to hotel fires is apt. Later, theft; misogyny and raging testosterone will put them in further jeopardy with some local strip-club owners which is the climax of all this dangerous, ominous build up.
The third story maintains the same consistencies the other two had in terms of study and it's to the the film's credit that the film's concept has not yet worn us out: we're ready for one more. The strand centres on, like the first, usually somewhat marginalised characters for the genre; in this case two homosexual male actors, named Adam (Wolf) and Zack (Mohr), who go on a kind of odyssey which seems to be about the revealing of true feelings and unexplored sexual appetites; highlighted by the actions of a police officer and his wife when around at their house as well as the revelations that arise when they have a conversation with each other, which in turn pushes the film out into a revenge piece of sorts. Go was made at a time when Doug Liman could compliment his all-over-the-place approach to film-making with character and substance; much unlike his 2005, fetishistic firearm flick Mr. and Mrs. Smith; while his most recent work, 2008's Jumper, did not garner much of a positive critical consensus. But Go holds up, knowing what it is but additionally knowing how to explore the lives and characters within without marginalising them nor rendering them too weak, clichéd or unlikeable.
The film, in covering an array of different characters but never bombarding nor overwhelming us, manages to deliver on a basis of both narrative and character. It is seamless in its blending of elements of the realistic with the surrealistic, all under a banner of raw energy spanning several hundred miles of which the characters travel within the picture. More recently, we've seen films which take a quick, kinetic and relatively easy-going aesthetic and apply criminal activity to it as a group of youths venture in and around contemporary America in some form. An example might be 2007 film Superbad, which did nothing but crack adolescent jokes, hate women and trivialise delicate and often illegal situations for a crowd. Go knows its place and it knows its genre as study, observations, the progression of character and some pretty frightening scenarios all play out under this same umbrella. Those that laugh at certain parts of Go have completely missed the point.
The first of three stories, this and another two of which revolve around those whom aren't usually explored in films of this ilk, sees Sarah Polley's shop worker named Ronna heavily in debt; facing eviction and desperate for money. Her story sees her involved in a drug deal with two other young men and a much elder male, which grows increasingly suspicious as she interacts with them, and eventually sees her have to ditch the drugs she was meant to deal resulting in the angering of dealer Todd (Olyphant), whom gave them to her. Ronna's fearless and independent attitude towards the men in her story, in particular Todd whom is financially better off and comes with a real air of menace, presents positive characteristics for the female in this role, as she descends deeper into a situation she brought upon herself through desperation. Ronna's ability to defy her male counterparts in doing what's best for her in avoiding the drug deal sting and being able to fool the dealer as she pulls along a casual and inept male companion, in Mannie (Bexton), who'd be lost without her, adds meat and awareness to an unfortunate but otherwise familiar short story.
Continuing with the film's theme of debt, and relatively hapless young adults getting themselves into hotter water than they'd like through which they'll come to learn the harsh realities of life that comes with getting involved in the sorts of activity they do, Simon (Askew), who's one of Ronna's co-workers, and a group of friends spend some time in Las Vegas. Again, the premise for the short with the accompanying aesthetic suggest it ought not work. Indeed, the trip is given the sort of leery and unnerving build when the group of four interact. In a much lesser work, it would've fallen apart at the seams, but the facing of facts that Las Vegas is a large; intimidating; confusing and dangerous place is gradually filtered through the system of the four. While not necessarily a demonisation of the place itself, it is certainly a reality check for the attitudes the characters share.
The study begins with the character of Tiny (Meyer) telling a story of himself to the others which transpires to have been untrue. He is caught out, made to look a fool and the entire sequence sets the tone for the narrow-minded, adolescent beliefs the characters have and how they'll be caught out. From here, the videos telling the occupants of a hotel room how to gamble downstairs comes across as arduous and confusing, further suggesting that these guy's are out of their depth, while the causality driven mishaps ranging from food-poisoning to casual drug use that leads to hotel fires is apt. Later, theft; misogyny and raging testosterone will put them in further jeopardy with some local strip-club owners which is the climax of all this dangerous, ominous build up.
The third story maintains the same consistencies the other two had in terms of study and it's to the the film's credit that the film's concept has not yet worn us out: we're ready for one more. The strand centres on, like the first, usually somewhat marginalised characters for the genre; in this case two homosexual male actors, named Adam (Wolf) and Zack (Mohr), who go on a kind of odyssey which seems to be about the revealing of true feelings and unexplored sexual appetites; highlighted by the actions of a police officer and his wife when around at their house as well as the revelations that arise when they have a conversation with each other, which in turn pushes the film out into a revenge piece of sorts. Go was made at a time when Doug Liman could compliment his all-over-the-place approach to film-making with character and substance; much unlike his 2005, fetishistic firearm flick Mr. and Mrs. Smith; while his most recent work, 2008's Jumper, did not garner much of a positive critical consensus. But Go holds up, knowing what it is but additionally knowing how to explore the lives and characters within without marginalising them nor rendering them too weak, clichéd or unlikeable.
- johnnyboyz
- 27 déc. 2009
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- Theo Robertson
- 13 sept. 2003
- Permalien
On the Christmas Eve, the cashier of supermarket Ronna Martin (Sarah Polley) is completely broken and will be evicted from her apartment on the next morning. She accepts the offer to cover the shift of her British co-worker Simon Baines (Desmond Askew) that wants to travel to Las Vegas to have more money. While working, the clients Adam (Scott Wolf) and Zach (Jay Mohr) seek out Simon to buy ecstasy and ask Ronna if she can get the drug for them. Ronna goes to the apartment of Simon's drug dealer Todd Gaines (Timothy Olyphant) to buy the ecstasy but she does not have enough money for twenty pills; so her friend and colleague Claire Montgomery (Katie Holmes) stays with Todd to guarantee the payment. When she goes to the address of Adam and Zach, she meets Burke (William Fichtner) and suspects that he might be an FBI agent. She drops the ecstasy in the toilet and flushes it. Now she has neither the drugs nor the money to give to Todd. Meanwhile Simon travels to Las Vegas and gets into trouble in a night-club with very dangerous people and he needs to flee from the town with his friends. Meanwhile, Burke drops the charges against the informers Adam and Scott and invites them to spend Christmas night having dinner with his wife and him, but Burke has a secret agenda.
"Go" entwines three segments with the stories of three employees of a supermarket on the Christmas Eve. The screenplay is very well written with three simultaneous stories disclosed independently with points of contact. The cast is fantastic highlighting the extraordinary Sarah Polley. The confusions are hilarious and the weakest segment is the one relative to the gay actors Adam and Zach. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Vamos Nessa" ("Let's Go")
Note: On 22 Sep 2018 I saw this film again.
"Go" entwines three segments with the stories of three employees of a supermarket on the Christmas Eve. The screenplay is very well written with three simultaneous stories disclosed independently with points of contact. The cast is fantastic highlighting the extraordinary Sarah Polley. The confusions are hilarious and the weakest segment is the one relative to the gay actors Adam and Zach. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Vamos Nessa" ("Let's Go")
Note: On 22 Sep 2018 I saw this film again.
- claudio_carvalho
- 22 janv. 2016
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What I liked: Pulp Fiction style, funny, speedy (no boring parts), Katie Holmes was pretty, good acting, good direction plus it is pretty weird.
What I didn't like: too few scenes with Katie Holmes, few action scenes, not much suspense, too predictable at times.
So all in all this is a pretty solid low budget film in the style of Pulp Fiction, though there are others I prefer, like Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels and Thursday. But You might enjoy this one too. (Interested in Independent films, cause you've seen all the big ones??? Rent Cube)
7 out of 10
What I didn't like: too few scenes with Katie Holmes, few action scenes, not much suspense, too predictable at times.
So all in all this is a pretty solid low budget film in the style of Pulp Fiction, though there are others I prefer, like Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels and Thursday. But You might enjoy this one too. (Interested in Independent films, cause you've seen all the big ones??? Rent Cube)
7 out of 10
This film is a cynical ripoff of a Quentin Tarantino film. It's a bad looking film as well. I wanted my money back after seeing this turkey but the theater only gives refunds if someone leaves in the first 30 minutes. I foolishly stayed.