The movie has the flavor of "Pulp Fiction," with three stories that are separate, but also intertwined. The cast is obviously a lot younger but has some known names such as Katie Holmes (a personal favorite), Jay Mohr, Scott Wolf and Sarah Polley. The flick also follows”Pulp Fiction’s” lead by having out-of-sequence scenes and, several times, repeating a scene from a different character’s perspective.
The main story has Ronna, played by Sarah Polley, not able to pay for rent. Ronna resorts to selling drugs, only to have to flush them, making her in debt both to local drug dealer, Todd, and to her landlord. Polley ends up using her best friend, Claire (Holmes) as collateral and then sells cold medicine as ecstasy.
The second story line features Zack (Jay Mohr) and Adam (Scott Wolf), playing actors forced to work in a sting operation after being busted for drug possession. The officer they’re working with has a hidden agenda that’s humorous and left hanging in the air for most of the movie.
The best of the three stories involves Simon (Desmond Askew), Marcus (Taye Diggs) and the rest of their crew, heading to Las Vegas for a weekend where they end up shooting a bouncer and stealing a car, among other things.
Askew is absolutely the funniest character and his combination of stupidity and his lust for adventure is classic. Marcus, who plays more of the straight man is great as well. Their story line sits above the other two, though they are also rich and enjoyable.
It’s good to see Katie Holmes finally associate herself with a decent movie. All of her other movies (”Ice Storm,” “Teaching Mrs. Tingle” and “Disturbing Behavior”) were all real stinkers. Holmes is able to finally act and show realistic emotions and reactions.
It’s also funny to go back and watch the movie again and see the subtle things that were missed the first time around. Noticing these things makes the movie that much better.
So while it’s a pretty safe assumption that you missed “Go” in the theaters, it’s well worth the video rental or the DVD purchase. I had the movie pre-ordered on DVD as soon as I arrived home from the dollar theater.
The DVD features some cool extras, including a behind-the-scenes featurette, three music videos (No Doubt, Len and a remix of Steppenwolf’s “Magic Carpet Ride”), along with bios of the cast and the trailer for Go (trailers on DVDs seem to be becoming a standard feature, even on DVDs that lack “extras.”)
Originally posted at NandoNext
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