The 51st State
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The 51st State |
| Original title | The 51st State |
| Country of production | GB , Canada |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2001 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ronny Yu |
| script | Stel Pavlou |
| production |
Jonathan Debin , András Hámori , Malcolm Kohll , Seaton McLean , David Pupkewitz |
| music | Stephen Day , Headrillaz |
| camera | Hang-Sang Poon |
| cut | David Wu |
| occupation | |
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The 51st State (Alternative title: Formula 51 ) is a British-Canadian comedy film with Samuel L. Jackson by Ronny Yu from the year 2001 .
action
Elmo McElroy is a college student of pharmacology . After successfully completing his studies in 1971, he enjoys a joint while driving a car until he is stopped by a police officer. The policeman arrests him and his career is over for the time being.
McElroy later tries to kill drug lizard Lizard by blowing up a building. Some people die, but Lizard himself survives. He puts the killer Dakota Parker on McElroy. McElroy goes to Liverpool , where he wants to sell the drug he developed for Lizard. There he meets Felix DeSouza, who works for drug lord Durant. Lizard calls Dakota Parker to get the formula of the drug McElroy developed.
DeSouza and McElroy make the drug. For this, McElroy receives $ 20 million from Iki, a drug dealer. A group of neo-Nazis wants to participate in the business and is forcibly turned away. It turns out that Dakota Parker - whose real name is Dawn - is DeSouza's ex-girlfriend.
Lizard kills Iki and demands the formula be released. The drink that McElroy has mixed, which Lizard takes in the meantime, turns out to be an explosive. McElroy, DeSouza and Parker survive the explosion, hiding behind an umbrella.
It turns out that the drug McElroy makes is just a " placebo " and that he tricked his partners. He gives DeSouza and Parker, who has joined them, the promised percentage of the 20 million he got from Iki for his drugs. In the end, Parker and DeSouza become a couple again. In the last scene, McElroy acquires the Scottish headquarters of the McElroys for seven million US dollars. It turns out that McElroy's ancestors were once slaves of the McElroys, so he now claims "his master's possession".
Reviews
James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews that the film works in its own way and called it a "guilty pleasure".
Roger Ebert called The 51st State in the Chicago Sun-Times of October 18, 2002 a "fourth-rate pulp fiction ".
Mike Clark described the film in USA Today on October 17, 2002 as "idiocy on a fast pace".
The lexicon of international films wrote: "Precisely developed genre history in a funny staging and with playful actors who push the plot forward quickly and wittily."
Awards
The film was nominated in 2003 for sound editing for the Directors Guild of Canada Award .
background
The film was shot in Los Angeles , Liverpool and Mexico . Its production amounted to an estimated 28 million US dollars . The film grossed approximately $ 5.2 million in US cinemas and approximately £ 3.68 million in UK theaters.
Individual evidence
- ^ Review by James Berardinelli
- ^ Review by Roger Ebert
- ↑ Review by Mike Clark
- ^ The 51st State in the Lexicon of International Films
- ↑ Filming locations for The 51st State
- ^ Business Data for The 51st State
Web links
- The 51st State in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The 51st State at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- The 51st State at Metacritic (English)
- The 51st State in the online motion picture database
- Comparison of the cut versions Tele 5 from 12 - FSK 16 from The 51st State at Schnittberichte.com