Ok I’ll admit it…. I think I have seen this
film about a dozen times now and can almost recite it word for word. There are a lot of
very witty lines in this film and I laugh every time I see it.
Brad Pitt plays Jerry Welbach a fabulously bungling crook who is on his last leg with
the gangsters he is working for. Jerry’s last job is to travel to Mexico and collect
a gun "from a kid’ and bring it back.
Too easy! For anyone other than Jerry. Jerry’s major problem seems to be his
girlfriend Samantha (Julia Roberts) who has given him the ultimatum that if he goes to
Mexico on this job that she won’t be there when he gets back. You see Jerry promised
Samantha they would go to Vegas together so she can be a croupier. Since Jerry’s life
depends on it he has no other choice than to go to Mexico, and Samantha heads off to
Vegas.
So; Samantha is now kidnapped and taken hostage by a man named Leroy, well she thinks
his name is Leroy. Leroy (James Gandolfini) just happens to be gay, and Samantha takes
great joy in deciphering his psyche and setting him up with a little male friend they meet
along the way.
Meanwhile back in Mexico, Jerry has picked himself up "El Camino" (a nice
car) and has ventured off to collect the said gun. Once he finds the Kid and collects the
gun we are introduced to the story of how the gun was crafted and it’s legendary
history. You will see this story several times during the film and each time it is
different and entertaining.
I could go on about the plot forever but I don’t want to spoil it. This reminds me
very much of Lock Stock with all the twists and turns in the film that all piece together
in the end, and in a similar vein Brad Pitt’s character also matures and comes
together in the end as not such a bungling crim.
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