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A Balasaur Score of 47 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 26%, Metacritic 23/100. Audiences rate it 40 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,491 2000s thriller movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes26%
Metacritic23/100
Audiences rate it 40 points higher than critics do.
695 audience votes
Key crew
- HeadrillazOriginal Music Composer
- Stel PavlouScreenplay
- Ronny YuDirector
Cast
- Samuel L. JacksonElmo McElroy
- Robert CarlyleFelix DeSouza
- Emily MortimerDakota Parker
- Meat LoafThe Lizard
- Rhys IfansIki
- Sean PertweeDetective Virgil Kane
- Ricky TomlinsonLeopold Durant
- Michael StarkeArthur
- Anna KeaveneyShirley DeSouza
- Paul BarberFrederick
- Stephen WaltersBlowfish
- Nigel WhitmeyL.A. Highway Patrol
Stills
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Themes
northern englandliverpool, englandorganized crimedouble crosslaxativeskinheadssynthetic drugdrug formulachemical mastermindgangster chasechaotic negotiationdangerous hitwoman