Formula 51

Screen Gems and Alliance Atlantis present with The Film Consortium and Film Council

Starring: Samuel L. Jackson Robert Carlyle

Directed By: Ronny Yu

Plot: Sammy has a drug which he claims is better than any other drug out there. While double crossing his boss he runs into problems trying to make a big deal in the UK teaming up with Carlyle. Basically the main plot is watch Jackson act cool and wear a kilt.

Acting: What can you say about the acting in this movie. Samuel Jackson does what he does best which is act like a bad ass, so that is what he did and he was good at it. Carlyle basically plays an over hyped Brit with an attitude who likes Liverpool football a lot. He was funny throughout the movie but these are not stand out amazing performances they just do what they need to go.

Directing/Writing: I'm not sure if the guys who made this movie knew what it was... I mean I could not understand if it was an action movie or a comedy and something else. Well I shouldn't be hard on this movie it was funny, its actually funnier than anything I've seen in a while. They had a lot of fun and so did I. I love that they used the attitude between Brits and "Yanks" it keeps on going through the movie and it kept me laughing. The way this movie was filmed bothered me at times and the fact that Meat Loaf was in the movie bothered me most of the time. Loaf plays this be drug dealer in LA named The Lizard and he always talks in the third person and his character got old and stupid in about a second. I think they knew this since how he gets it in the end is very very funny. Altogether this movie has a lot of stuff happening and most of it is pretty decent. The comedy is stable the action is OK and the fact that Jackson beats the shit out of skin heads with golf clubs made me happy.

Overall: If you are looking to just laugh and have a good time and not really care about what is happening in the movie, go see this. I mean its cute and has some action that keeps it going but the one thing that made this a cool movie to me is.... Sammy wears a kilt and it is never explained, I really love that.

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