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Go 1999

• Director: Doug Liman
• Seen by this director: Edge of Tomorrow, The Bourne Identity, Jumper
• Based on book: no
• Cast: Sarah Polley, Jay Mohr, Scott Wolf, Taye Diggs, Katie Holmes, Suzanne Krull, Desmond Askew, Nathan Bexton, Timothy Olyphant, William Fichtner
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Sarah Polley – Slings and Arrows, The Secret Lives of Words, Dawn of the Dead, My Life Without Me, eXistenZ
• Jay Mohr – Pay It Forward
• Taye Diggs – Rent, Chicago
• Katie Holmes – Woman in Gold, Batman Begins, The Gift, The Ice Storm
• Suzanne Krull – Lost
• Timothy Olyphant – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Snowden, I Am Number Four, Ellen Foster
• William Fichtner – Elysium, The Lone Ranger, The Dark Knight, Crash, Equilibrium, The Perfect Storm, Armageddon, Heat, Strange Days
• Why? Sarah Polley
• Seen:  12 June 2023 

Ronna (Polley) works in a supermarket, is being evicted for lack of funds, works 14-hour shifts, gets asked for help in getting Ecstasy for a big party. She goes to a dealer, and trouble starts.

Meanwhile her colleague Simon (Mohr), whose dealer Ronna is now messing with, is in Las Vegas getting into trouble of his own.

Meanwhile, more drug deals, a rave party, unlikely convergences of various characters and…

It’s wild, the cast is great, the twists are definitely unexpected.

What a night. 

4 * of 5