Go (Special Edition)

Go (Special Edition)
by Doug Liman

Go (Special Edition)
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Actor: Jay Mohr, Katie Holmes, Sarah Polley, Scott Wolf, Taye Diggs
Director: Doug Liman
Brand: SONY PICTURES HOME ENT
Cinematographer: Doug Liman
Producer: John August
Writer: John August
Producer: Matt Freeman
Producer: Mickey Liddell
Producer: Paddy Cullen
Producer: Paul Rosenberg
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Published)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-08-24
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures

DVD Reviews of Go (Special Edition)

DVD Review: Go
Summary: 5 Stars

DVD arrived as described and in great condition. I was well pleased with the product. Thanks.

DVD Review: a nice collage
Summary: 3 Stars

A storyline that's told from different perspectives; all plotlines follow one definitive event in the histories of the characters. The cast is filled with semi-big names: Katie Holmes, Sarah Polley, Jay Mohr, William Fletcher, Scott Wolf, but at the end, everyone's role is somewhat minuscule. The ending of the film is whimsical, if unrealistic. This movie is fluffy, at best, but is, at times, exciting to watch nonetheless.

DVD Review: This movie blows!
Summary: 2 Stars

I did not like this movie at all. The cover said this was a dark comedy but I did not laugh at anything. There was a scene where a guy got laid by two chicks and there was a cool car chase but not much else. It repeats the story 3 times and that was so annoying to me. I give this movie 2 stars because I was at least entertained enough to watch the whole thing and the soundtrack was awesome.

DVD Review: Brilliant, clever, darkly funny
Summary: 4 Stars

This movie works on many levels-- both as an action flick, and as a dark comedy. Each of the three stories is engaging, and all of the characters feel real and fully fleshed. It's just one of those movies that comes perfectly together--story, characters, action, music, everything...

DVD Review: Maybe it's a generational thing
Summary: 1 Stars

I tried. My wife and I watched about 20-25 minutes with an open mind trying like heck to see what the good reviews are about. It's not that the movie is terrible in the conventional sense. The acting is fine, and it has a moment or two to make you smile. Unfortunately though, it is mind-numbingly boring. We're both mid-30s, so maybe the new generation has different tastes, but at the 20+ minute mark we both looked at each other and decided that this was a complete waste of money and time. Luckily it only cost three bucks, but that's three bucks I didn't get any value for. I won't subject anyone else to this. The good news is that the DVD case has been recycled. The bad news is that the DVD is now part of our local landfill. I just wish DVDs were recyclable.

Description of Go (Special Edition)

Eighteen-year-old Ronna, accompanied by reluctant
partner-in-crime and fellow supermarket checkout clerk Claire, is
desperately looking to score some rent money before she's evicted.
Simon, an impulsive Brit, is driving a stolen car with buddy Marcus
during a no-holds-barred night of partying on the Las Vegas strip.
Adam and Zack, a pair of TV stars, find themselves in the middle of a
real-life drug sting - and a very creepy Christmas dinner.

Welcome to the edgy comedy GO, in which the misadventures of a group
of young people collide in Los Angeles' raucous underground scene.

Set over a 24-hour period in L.A. and Las Vegas, this unconventionally
structured comedy is told from the decidedly off-center perspectives
of three parties involved in the outrageous events that surround a
botched drug deal: a duo of down-on-their-luck supermarket checkout
girls, a pair of soap opera actors and an impetuous British expatriate
- all of whom discover they are in way over their heads. In the midst
of this wild ride, we learn about everything from the possible
advantages of mutli-level marketing to the techniques of tantric
lovemaking to how to make a fast buck at a rave with a little
ingenuity and a box of cold medicine.


Director Doug Liman's follow-up to the winning Swingers is a rollicking adventure that, while lacking in any substantial plot, speeds along with nonstop adrenaline and style to burn. Taking a cue from Pulp Fiction, Liman plays tricks with time and overlapping plots, all of which play out in L.A. and Las Vegas in a 24-hour period sometime between Christmas and New Year's. Slacker grocery-store clerk Ronna (Sarah Polley) is trying to score rent money by selling hits of Ecstasy at a rave party, but winds up inadvertently double-crossing a ruthless dealer (sexy and scary Timothy Olyphant). She's also invading the dealing turf of her coworker Simon (Desmond Askew), a Brit on his first trip to Vegas, which turns nightmarish after a jaunt with pal Marcus (Taye Diggs) to a "gentleman's club" turns violent. And then there's the two soap-opera actors (Jay Mohr and Scott Wolf) who cross paths with Ronna more than once in their attempts to divest themselves of a drug-related charge by participating in a sting.

The way Liman and writer John August layer these stories owes a huge debt to Quentin Tarantino, but the comedy and action sequences rocket like a bat out of hell with energy, humor, and genuine surprise. In addition to some hilarious dialogue exchanges--including a classic scene between Ronna's stoned friend (Nathan Bexton) and a Zen cat--Liman works wonders with one the most winning ensembles in recent memory, a cast that includes both established actors and TV cuties. Mohr, Diggs, and especially Polley (doing a 180 from her turn in The Sweet Hereafter) are as excellent as you'd expect, but it's Wolf (of Party of Five) and Dawson's Creek's Katie Holmes (as Polley's best bud) who turn in revelatory work; Holmes especially seems poised to be a breakout star. An amazing cinematic ride--like a roller coaster, you'll want to go back again and again. --Mark Englehart

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