The Way of the Gun
2000 · 1h 59m · Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller · United States of America · Rated R (US)
Choose your side carefully, because the only way out is the way of the gun.
Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.
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Christopher McQuarrie6.3Smart score
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criminaldesertdriftergangstergunfightgunslingerhotelkidnappingmexican standoffmexicomillionairemoneyneo-westernrags to richesransomsperm banksurrogate mother
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