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With: Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer, Meatloaf, Sean Pertwee, Rhys Ifans
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Written by: Stel Pavlou
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Directed by: Ronny Yu
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MPAA Rating: R for strong violence, language, drug content and some sexuality
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Running Time: 92
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Date: 12/07/2001
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New Drug
By Jeffrey M. Anderson Hong Kong director Ronny Yu, who made the 1993 masterpiece The Bride With White Hair, directed this silly Hollywood action flick, and most critics attacked it mercilessly. Samuel L. Jackson plays a disgraced chemist who has turned international drug dealer. With the help of Robert Carlyle, he plans to see an Ultimate Drug in England. Of course, there's a sexy girl (Emily Mortimer), an assassin who lends a hand. It's not terribly smart, but Yu keeps the thing sprightly and unpretentious, and it's far better than the much more popular XXX, which also stars Jackson. The film was released in the U.K. a year earlier under the title The 51st State. DVD Details: Columbia/TriStar's good-looking disc comes with optional widescreen and evil pan-and-scan versions, and a little making-of special.
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