Gun Shy (2000)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Eric Blakeney

Writer (WGA):

Eric Blakeney (written by)

Release Date:

4 February 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Romance

Tagline:

The Agency's best has a bad case of nerves.

Plot:

An undercover DEA agent brings down the Mafia.

Plot Keywords:

Mafia | Toilet Scene | Drug Dealing | Gay | Nervous Breakdown

Cast

Liam Neeson	...	Charles 'Charlie' Mayeaux
Oliver Platt	...	Fulvio Nesstra
José Zúñiga	...	Fidel Vaillar
Michael DeLorenzo	...	Estuvio Clavo
Andrew Lauer	...	Jason Cane (as Andy Lauer)
Richard Schiff	...	Elliott
Paul Ben-Victor	...	Howard
Gregg Daniel	...	Jonathan
Ben Weber	...	Mark
Sandra Bullock	...	Judy Tipp
Mary McCormack	...	Gloria Minetti Nesstra
Michael Mantell	...	Dr. Jeff Bleckner
Mitch Pileggi	...	Dexter Helvenshaw
Louis Giambalvo	...	Lonny Ward
Rick Peters	...	Bennett

Also Known As:

Gunshy (Australia) (video title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and some brief nudity.

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | France:U | Germany:12 | Norway:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | Philippines:PG-13

Company:

Fortis Films

Trivia:

The bus that Charlie (Liam Neeson) gets Judy (Sandra Bullock) to avoid hitting with her car clearly has a registry number of 2525 on it. This was the same bus number that Sandra Bullock drove in the film, _Speed (1994)_.

Quotes:

Jason's Girlfriend: I wonder what kind of business they're talking about.
Gloria Minetti Nesstra: They're laundering money.
Jason's Girlfriend: What do you mean?
Gloria Minetti Nesstra: The cute Colombian and his boyfriend with the black eye. They represent a big drug cartel. They're looking to invest billions in Wall Street, and your boyfriend is setting it up for them.
Jason's Girlfriend: Wow, how exciting!
Gloria Minetti Nesstra: Yeah, well, Fulvio will foul the whole thing up, trust me.
Judy Tipp: Why do you say that?
Gloria Minetti Nesstra: He's out of his league. He doesn't have the brains or the self-control to pull anything like this off. He's pretending.
[...]

Movie Connections:

References "The X Files" (1993)

Soundtrack:

Under the Sun

Good deal of enjoyment in this film, if you have the right sense of humor

I truly enjoyed this movie. It is one of those movies where it seems that the actors were just given free reign to have fun with their parts. Oliver Platt steals every scene he is in, and the Colombian Cartel members are quite amusing as well. Liam Neeson and his group therapy session is quite enjoyable as well. Even Sandra Bullock is amusing, especially when giving a colonic. This is a movie that looks like it was fun to make, and it can be just as fun to watch. This is not a taut thriller, a gritty cop film, a clever spy movie, or an intellectual comedy. It is fun. Have fun with it. If you don't like to have fun then go see the new Time Machine. If you do like fun then watch Gun Shy.