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Big City Blues

  • 1998
  • R
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
3.3/10
388
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Burt Reynolds and William Forsythe in Big City Blues (1998)
ActionAdventureComedyDrama

A collection of characters threaten to cross paths, unknowingly, during a night in the big city. The film focuses on two hit men who are bound to collide with Cates, a beautiful prostitute.A collection of characters threaten to cross paths, unknowingly, during a night in the big city. The film focuses on two hit men who are bound to collide with Cates, a beautiful prostitute.A collection of characters threaten to cross paths, unknowingly, during a night in the big city. The film focuses on two hit men who are bound to collide with Cates, a beautiful prostitute.

  • Director
    • Clive Fleury
  • Writer
    • Clive Fleury
  • Stars
    • Burt Reynolds
    • William Forsythe
    • Giancarlo Esposito
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    3.3/10
    388
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Clive Fleury
    • Writer
      • Clive Fleury
    • Stars
      • Burt Reynolds
      • William Forsythe
      • Giancarlo Esposito
    • 12User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Burt Reynolds
    Burt Reynolds
    • Connor
    William Forsythe
    William Forsythe
    • Hudson
    Giancarlo Esposito
    Giancarlo Esposito
    • Georgie
    Arye Gross
    Arye Gross
    • Babs
    Georgina Cates
    Georgina Cates
    • Angela…
    Balthazar Getty
    Balthazar Getty
    • Walter
    Michael O'Hagan
    • Morrisey
    Donovan Leitch Jr.
    Donovan Leitch Jr.
    • Donovan
    • (as Donovan Leitch)
    Danilo De La Torre
    • Christophe
    Michael Nicolosi
    • Kyle
    Madeline Lee
    • Kyle's Mother
    Mike Kirton
    • Jordan
    Roxana Zal
    Roxana Zal
    • Chrissie
    Bruno Ramos
    • Billy
    Steve Parlavecchio
    • Arnie
    Jad Mager
    • Phil
    Roger Floyd
    • Gordon
    Tom Wahl
    • Butler
    • Director
      • Clive Fleury
    • Writer
      • Clive Fleury
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    ryansrite

    a MUST SEE!

    Big City Blues is young, hip & stylish! A very entertaining movie. If you liked Pulp Fiction, you will love Big City Blues! Clive Fleury is positively clever and definetly the next Quentin Tarantino! Brilliantly and artistically filmed - The movie shows us the hidden underworld of prostitutes, drag queens, and hit men and how all their lives come together in a very REAL way! I would tell you more about it but I don't want to spoil it for you, but the scene with the dancing human frogs was beyond visually stimulating...

    A MUST SEE!
    1thomas998

    An average story line with production quality that destroyed everything

    If you liked watching Mel Gibson in Million Dollar Hotel then you might enjoy watching Burt Reynolds in yet another film so bad it could never be distributed. I can only attest to the DVD version so maybe the VHS version is better quality wise but the movies night and dark scenes have been so poorly done that everythings seems red. I first thought my DVD players was messed up. It wasn't. If you insist on watching it I recommend you adjust the color on your TV until it is black and white. If you don't you will never be able to get through the film. If you do it will simply remind you of a poor film students attempt to revist the style of Pulp Fiction.
    hdoggrafix

    A story would be nice.

    I bought this DVD for $5.99... A Big Mac meal would have been more satisfying, and I'd have change coming. Much too dark... Although the trailer on the DVD looked like it was timed right. For some reason, and it seems to be a recurring theme here in the comments section, 80% of this movie is almost black. The story was a Pulp Fiction-esque wanna be, missing that all important "story" element. These characters are flat and manufactured with no real goal. Or if they had a goal, it wasn't shared with the audience. The tie in at the end was too "hand of god." I know that movies need convenience as a device, but this was just too coincidental. Not that these characters were destined to come together, but the scene that was written solely for the purpose of coming together. "Hey, look at me, I'm Tarantino!" says the director. "No, you're not," says the box office.
    1tarbosh22000

    Big City Blues is awful

    "Big City Blues" is terrible. The main problem is the lighting. You can't see anything. I mean it. The whole movie looks like it was shot in absolute darkness.

    How can they release this on video? Besides the lighting, everything else is wretched. From what I could see of Reynolds and Forsythe, they couldn't care less. I think the plot was about two hit men and their targets. The idea of a "Pulp Fiction" with Burt Reynolds is interesting, but this mess can only hurt him. Thankfully, not a lot of people will see this.

    For more insanity, please visit: comeuppancereviews.com
    5Ordell-5

    Big Blues Problem

    When I saw the cast of an interesting sound of title I thought it's gonna worth, but the film got a one Big-Blues –Problem ... a director. Usually when story is written and directed by one person, film is going to be good, but in this particular example, this law doesn't work. I mean this could be a good film, well but it wasn't ... Big City Blues got some funny scenes, good (as usually) acting by Giancarlo Esposito, and nothing more.

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    • Trivia
      Filmed at The Ready Bar on South Beach.
    • Quotes

      Connor: [Connor just shot the house intruder] I'm Sorry but he was such a dipshit!

    • Connections
      References Le train sifflera trois fois (1952)
    • Soundtracks
      Cold Lonesome Mind
      Written by Wayne Hancock

      Performed by Wayne Hancock

      Courtesy of Ark 21 Records

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 1998 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Alvilági blues
    • Filming locations
      • Miami, Florida, USA
    • Production company
      • Laguna Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 34m(94 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
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