Things to Do In Denver When You're Dead
by Gary Fleder
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Actor: Andy Garcia, Bill Nunn, Christopher Llyod, Treat Williams, william ForsytheDirector: Gary Fleder
Producer: Cary Woods
Writer: Scott Resenberg
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 115 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2012-01-06
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: LIONSGATE
Movie Reviews of Things to Do In Denver When You're Dead
Movie Review: Whatever Can Go Wrong......
Summary: 5 Stars
Jimmy "The Saint" played by the handsome and talented Andy Garcia, is a former mob associate gone almost straight. That is, until he owes former boss Christopher Walken, now a cripple in a wheelchair, one last favor. Walken has a son Bernard, who has become a pedophile. After attacking a little girl who reminds him of his ex-girlfriend Meg, Walken decides that the only cure for his sons derangement, is to get Meg back. Since Meg left Bernard for a dental student, Walken recruits Jimmy to "scare" the new boyfriend into leaving, thus giving Bernard a second chance with Meg. After Jimmy agrees to do it, not having a choice, he recruits four old pals to assist him. Unfortunately for Jimmy, their incompetence, stupidity, and insanity irrevocably wrecks the plan and puts all five men on Walkens "Hit Parade". This is a very unusual story, and wonderfully entertaining as well. Andy Garcia as Jimmy, is a sympathetic character. You feel his warmth and caring. His romance with young Dagney (Gabrielle Anwar) is at once wholesome and sexy. I particularly liked how Jimmy puts into words, the feeling a woman has for a man who excites her. "Does he make you THUMP?" Jimmy asks after Dagney says she's otherwise involved when first meeting Jimmy. After winning her over, Jimmy has to "give her back to the others" because he knows the end is near. Fairuza Balk has a meaty, but peripheral role as a prostitute who Jimmy takes a fatherly interest in. In the end, she immortalizes Jimmy with a love child. While the film is very well done, I can't understand why Jimmy picks four completely incompetent ex-cons to "Aid" his operation for Walken. The request seems simple enough, but is executed, literally, by inept and insane buddies of Jimmy, instead of Jimmy doing the job by himself. Treat Williams turns in a sick, yet hilarious performance as "Critical Bill", he always leaves his opponents in that condition, hence the nickname. He lives among corpses, and uses them for punching bags. "He don't mind much..." he tells Jimmy who witnesses his "stiff" workout schedule. It's hard to believe that anyone would entrust someone like this to be of help, not to mention the rest of the crew, Christopher Lloyd, a leper porn house manager, and William Forsythe, a trailer park biker. It is certainly proved herein, if you want a job done right, do it yourself. I suppose if Jimmy did that, the plot wouldn't have been nearly as entertaining. Like in the movie "Suicide Kings", Christopher Walken is quite effective confined to a chair, only using his head once again, to express himself. He makes fun of Jimmy's "Afterlife Advice" video business where the dead can speak to their loved ones through pre-recorded tapes. He reminds Jimmy of the past, and how he owes him this last favor. Other characters to enjoy, Jack Warden, an icecream parlor denizen who tells us the story in a sporadic narration, and Steve Buscemi as the hitman who comes to clean up the mess for Walken. He employs the "Buckwheats" method, namely, the bullets go where the sun don't shine. This is done for a particularly agonizing demise. I've watched this film several times, and will watch it again. The roles are strongly portrayed by all, and like I always say, if it's quality, you care about the characters. This is a film not to be missed, especially if you admire the work of Andy Garcia and Christopher Walken.
Summary of Things to Do In Denver When You're Dead
Sexy Andy Garcia (When A Man Loves A Woman) heads an outstanding all-star cast in this riveting and highly original thriller! When a powerful mob boss (Christopher Walken - Pulp Fiction) gives ex-gangster Jimmy the Saint (Garcia) one last job, it's an offer he can't refuse! But when someone gets killed, Jimmy and his partners are marked for death, leaving Jimmy just 48 hours to put things right for his buddies and the woman of his dreams (beautiful Gabrielle Anwar - Scent Of A Woman)! Acclaimed by critics nationwide, Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead delivers sensational edge-of-your-seat entertainment!This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
After a foolproof scam turns sour, Jimmy the Saint (a soulful but miscast Andy Garcia, who mainly acts with his hair) and his hard-bitten crew must put their various sordid affairs in order before facing their final bloody curtain call. It's not nearly as clever as it thinks it is, but this terminally wise-ass (and extremely violent) caper flick is still one of the better post-Tarantino crime opuses, with some sharp dialogue, a scenery-chewing Christopher Walken (as a paraplegic archcriminal), and unhinged performances by Treat Williams and the obsequious Steve Buscemi that must be seen to be (dis)believed. Neophyte scripter Scott Rosenberg would later pen hipper-than-thou scripts for Beautiful Girls, Con Air, and Armageddon, while director Gary Fleder moved on to the somewhat more reputable Kiss the Girls. The tongue-twisting title is from a Warren Zevon song. --Andrew Wright
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