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Guncrazy
Love made them crazy. Guns made them outlaws.
California teen Anita Minteer struggles in the face of an absentee mother, her mom's abusive boyfriend, Rooney, and a lack of respect from her classmates. This all changes when a pen-pal school project connects her with convict Howard. Anita secures Howard's parole and violently squares off against Rooney after he rapes her. Soon enough, the gun-crazy teen is on the run with Howard, with his parole officer in pursuit.
- Original title
- Guncrazy
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $800,000
- Revenue
- $114,516
John Chard
May 22, 2016 · via TMDB
Sex Pistols Part II Guncrazy is directed by Tamra Davis and written by Matthew Bright. It stars Drew Barrymore, James Legros, Ione Skye, Michael Ironside, Joe Dallesandro and Billy Drago. Music is by Ed Tomney and cinematography by Lisa Rinzer. "Love made them crazy. Guns made them outlaws!" High schooler Anita Minteer (Barrymore) is abused at home and at school and by so called friends. Seeking some sort of solace, she befriends - via letters - a convict named Howard (Legros). When Howard is paroled, the pair hook up and quickly find a loving bond. A bond that also involves a passion for guns... In spite of reports in some quarters, this is not a remake of Joseph H. Lewis' superb film noir of the same name (though the words gun and crazy are separated there) from 1950. Whilst it's also worth mentioning that it's not a knock-off of Bonnie and Clyde (outstanding and trailblazing pic for sure), because for that to be the case we would have to ignore the fact that Lewis' film, and the likes of They Live by Night (Nicolas Ray - 1948) , were not key influences and big movers in the lovers on the lam splinter of noir. It is of course, an amalgamation of said influences, and despite a relatively average rating on the big internet movie sites, this is a neo-noir well worth seeking out for those so inclined. Students of classic era film noir can't but help to be pulled in by the many deviance's at work, themes involving sexual abuse, promiscuity, impotence, alienation, prostitution and foolish love, the latter pitching a classic noir character into a vortex from which they in all probability know they can't return from. It's not that Anita is a femme fatale, because she's so young and isn't written as a viper type, it's that her youthful ignorance, her teenage hormones tortured by a torrid upbringing, is enough for Howard to grasp onto as a semblance of normality. They are both fools, but honest with it, it's the classic romanticised dream going sour. Again, a classic film noir trait. Visually there is much to recommend here. The use of slatted shadows and balustrade is cunning and nods appreciatively to influences past, the inference obviously that Howard may be out of prison, but he's still behind bars. Davis throws in a number of striking scenes, a camera shot looking out as a grave is dug, our lovers close and personal (sexy) as they shoot guns, and the finale has a sad grace that, "again," noir lovers can appreciate. Matthew Bright's screenplay also has black comedy elements, the script devious with Freudian smarts, while the cast turn in performances worthy of the form. OK! So this formula has been done better before, and yes we want more of Ironside and Drago (wonderful characters), and this may have underwhelmed those after a gun crazy action thriller - while Barrymore fans back in the day may have been bemused - but it's a very smart and neatly constructed neo-noir. 7.5/10
User reviews courtesy of TMDB.
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Drew Barrymore
Anita
James Le Gros
Howard
Billy Drago
Hank
Rodney Harvey
Tom
Joe Dallesandro
Rooney
Michael Ironside
Mr. Kincaid
Ione Skye
Joy
Jeremy Davies
Bill
James Wheaton
Parole Officer #2
Lawrence Steven Meyers
Crazy Larry
Dick Warlock
Sheriff
Jaid Barrymore
Woman with Dog
Tracey Walter
Elton
Leo Lee
Soda Pop
Harrison Young
Howard's Dad
Lisa Rinzler
Director of Photography
BJ Davis
Stunt Coordinator
Eddie Braun
Stunt Double
Chuck Borden
Stunts
Cole S. McKay
Stunts
Dick Warlock
Stunts
George B. Colucci Jr.
Stunts
Tamra Davis
Director
Rod Smith
First Assistant Director
Kevin Tent
Editor
Joe Barnett
Foley Mixer
Daniel D. Monahan
Production Sound Mixer
Matthew Bright
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