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Gunshy

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In Atlantic City, N.J., down-on-his-luck writer Jake Bridges (William Petersen) finds an unlikely savior in the form of Irish henchman Frankie McGregor (Michael Wincott), who rescues him from an ill-advised bar fight. Frankie offers to help Jake find his way back to creative inspiration in exchange for a little literary education. As the true nature of Jake's activities are revealed, he also finds himself attracted to Frank's girlfriend, Melissa (Diane Lane), a pretty nurse.

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Sep 26, 2005 Full Review Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette Rated: 1/5 Feb 27, 2004 Full Review Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Rated: 2/5 Aug 2, 2002 Full Review Ross Anthony Hollywood Report Card It's clearly a good time with a good heart. Go see it. Rated: 3/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Cheryl DeWolfe Apollo Guide Don't expect to be overwhelmed. Rated: 61/100 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Read all reviews

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william s Wincott is always good but maybe next time they'll actually give him a decent movie to be good in. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member great movie,I love Diane Lane,she is a beauty Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Entertaining, but enough novelty to make it enjoyable. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Gunshy is one of those predictable movies whose ending defied prediction, which saved it from being rated a 1.5 star versus a 2.5 star feature (cable-generated). Petersen uses his CSI persona to deliver a Hemingwayish character and it fails miserably. The movie is saved from Petersen's flaws by Diane Lane and Michael Wincott who portray their characters believably. In spite of the off-screen and on-screen violence the movie does pull you into its plot and holds you there by virtue of a natural suspense and curiosity as to how the writer is going to get us all to the end. The ending is decidedly unpredictable, but in Hollywood style, also quite inconceivable. I give it 2 stars. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Not such a good mob movie... Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member Very good! The ENTIRE cast delivers. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In Atlantic City, N.J., down-on-his-luck writer Jake Bridges (William Petersen) finds an unlikely savior in the form of Irish henchman Frankie McGregor (Michael Wincott), who rescues him from an ill-advised bar fight. Frankie offers to help Jake find his way back to creative inspiration in exchange for a little literary education. As the true nature of Jake's activities are revealed, he also finds himself attracted to Frank's girlfriend, Melissa (Diane Lane), a pretty nurse.
Director
Jeff Celentano
Producer
Neal Stevens, Larry Gross, Whitney R. Hunter
Production Co
Periscope Entertainment
Rating
R
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 3, 2017
Runtime
1h 41m
Sound Mix
Surround
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