Title:
U Turn
Released: 1997
Genre: Drama /
Thriller
Runtime: 125 min
Country: USA /
France
Language: English
Tagline:
Sex. Murder. Betrayal. Everything that makes life
worth living.
Plot
Summary: A man running from a mysterious
past is trapped in a small desert town after his car
breaks down. Everybody in this town seems to have
totally lost their mind and Bobby can't wait to leave.
But there is a problem: Bobby doesn't have the money
to get his car back. So when an aging man offers him
money to kill his young wife Bobby seriously thinks
about it. However the gorgeous young woman casts some
kind of spell on him and she asks him to get rid of
her husband. But this time, the stakes are much higher...
Comments:
Oliver
Stones' best film by a wide margin. U Turn is a great
film. Of course it borrows from other films, so what?
Sean Penn turns in a great performance as does Nick
Nolte, Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Voight.Jennifer
Lopez does her best to keep up with the seasoned professionals
and by and large succeeds. As the story unfolds we
get some great cameo performances from Voight and
Thornton, whilst Penn pulls out all the stops. The
twisting noir-ish plot succeeds in keeping us enthralled
for the duration. None of the characters are particularly
likeable which could be a problem in certain circumstances
but in this film it just serves to make us enjoy their
various fates. If Stone were to make smaller scale
films like this instead of overblown rubbish like
Any Given Sunday, Natural Born Killers and The Doors
he might just find a more willing audience.
Cast
overview:
Sean Penn .... Bobby Cooper
Nick Nolte .... Jake McKenna
Jennifer Lopez .... Grace McKenna
Powers Boothe .... Sheriff Virgil Potter
Claire Danes .... Jenny
Joaquin Phoenix .... Toby N. Tucker a.k.a. TNT
Jon Voight .... Blind Man
Billy Bob Thornton .... Darrell
Abraham Benrubi .... Biker #1
Richard Rutowski .... Biker #2
Aida Linares .... Jamilla
Sean Stone .... Boy in Grocery Store
Ilia Volokh .... Sergei
Valeri Nikolayev .... Mr. Arkady (as Valery Nikolaev)
Brent Briscoe .... Boyd
Movie
scenes preview:
Scene #1
Scene
Description:
Jennifer
Lopez nude in a sex scene, giving us a few good shots
of her nice breasts.
featured
actress:
