Gridlock'd - Full on!
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Gridlock'd - Full on! |
| Original title | Gridlock'd |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1997 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | By Curtis-Hall |
| script | By Curtis-Hall |
| production |
Ted Field , Erica Huggins , Damian Jones , Scott Kroopf , Russell Simmons , Paul Webster |
| music | Stewart Copeland |
| camera | Bill Pope |
| cut | Christopher Koefoed |
| occupation | |
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Gridlock'd - Full on! (Original title: Gridlock'd ) is an American comedy film directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall from 1997.
action
The musician Barbara Cook takes a drug overdose and is hospitalized in a comatose state. Her friends from the same music group, Ezekiel Whitmore and Alexander Rawland, want to take part in a drug rehab program. However, they are repeatedly turned away due to various formalities.
Police mistakenly believe Whitmore and Rawland are involved in a murder case. In a fast-food restaurant they see their phantom images on the switched-on television . When the serving man turns back, Rawland and Whitmore's chairs are already empty.
Whitmore learns at the drug therapy center that he could be accepted into the program faster if he were HIV positive. He tells Rawland, who is injecting drugs again in the bathroom. Rawland reveals at that moment that he had HIV but refused to admit it beforehand.
Two policemen check the toilet and arrest the musicians. At this moment, people pour into the toilet, fleeing from a blind man and his vicious dog who are in the reception room of the center. Whitmore and Rawland escape.
The musicians are noticed and followed by two drug dealers. The action is watched by the police officers who catch up with the dealers and arrest them. The musicians escape again.
Cook wakes up from a coma. The last scene shows Cook, Rawland and Whitmore performing together on the scene.
Reviews
James Berardinelli described the film on ReelViews as a "black humor", "malicious" satire. It is so good because it shows things on the screen that could happen in any major city. Berardinelli compared the film Brazil by Terry Gilliam . The scenes in which the main characters are chased by two criminals are "unnecessary" and would distract from the main thread of the plot. Berardinelli praised the work of Vondie Curtis-Hall and the portrayals of Tupac Shakur and Tim Roth.
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times of January 31, 1997 that the film was "sad" but also "surprisingly entertaining". He lives from the "grungy" ("grungy") dialogues. Tim Roth plays naturally and relaxed, Tupac Shakur add "seriousness" to it.
Awards
Elizabeth Peña was nominated for the ALMA Award in 1998 . The film won the California Prism Award in 1998 , which is presented to films that address the drug problem.
The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating particularly valuable.
background
The film was shot in Los Angeles . It grossed approximately $ 5.5 million in American cinemas .
Gridlock'd is a slang expression for "when nothing works".
Web links
- Gridlock'd - Full on! in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Gridlock'd - Full on! at Rotten Tomatoes (English)