The 51st State

I thouhgt formula 51 was very cool!! McElroy (Samuel L. Jackson)was a very cool new character. This movie is very funny,cool,smart and action packed!!!!!! Robert Carlyle and Emily Mortimer really add to the formula. One of the coolest movies I\'ve seen... Full review

inexplicably escapes succumbing to the soul-deadening seriousness of such recent films as XXX and Ballistic:....Formula 51 is not a brilliant, lasting or insightful film.... ... Full Review

This is a potentially fascinating, even rousing story....expanded by Poon Hang Sang's creative camerawork and funky soundtrack beats by the Headrillaz..... ... Full Review

Reminiscent of Guy Ritchie's Snatch with its attempted British wit and fast-paced editing, the film fell short of Snatch's ability to engage the audience with each member of the motley crew/ensemble, good and bad. This film contained elements of fun sarcasm and wit but seemed to have trouble breaking through the corny fog to actually gel everything together. ... Full Review

At distancing itself from British social realism, The 51st State succeeds rather too well. No brass bands or bodices permitted, it's a British film distinguished by guns, sex, car chases and a happy ending. The plotting is as wayward as the casting. ... Full Review

Ronny Yu, he of Bride of Chucky and dozens of Asian action films, directs with a stylistic verve that is by now achingly typical --....The opening scene, on the other hand, is extremely peculiar.....Once that novelty wears off, the movie can no longer hide how uninteresting it is, the direction of its story predictable almost immediately..... ... Full Review

The 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival is about a month away, and with the growing popularity of independent films and steady globalization of the film industry, these awards are gaining mainstream notoriety in the United States. ... Full Article

Any movie that puts Samuel L Jackson in a kilt and lets him play Shogun Assassin with a golf club clearly isnt your conventional action-thriller. ... Full Article

This article was published on 10.24.02 . Director Ronny Yu (Bride of Chucky) unleashes a sort of Hong Kong action-comedy version of a Guy Ritchie (Snatch) or Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction) film. ... Full Article

Had director Guy Ritchie ("Snatch") not been "swept away" by some strange urge to re-ignite his wife Madonna's long-dormant acting career and attached himself to this excellent screenplay and fantastic cast instead, you would be reading a four-star review. ... Full Article

That rarest of cinematic beasts: a British action thriller that's actually good.It shouldn't work, but it does, thanks to its superb central performances and Hong Kong director Ronny Yu's firm hand on the directorial proceedings. ... Full Article

Samuel L. Jackson, wearing cornrows and a kilt (don't ask why -- there is no why), is a genius chemist who has devised a formula for the ultimate drug. ... Full Article