Friday, 13 July 2007

Stark Raving Mad (2002) 7/10

Starring : Seann William Scott, Lou Diamond Phillips, Dave Foley
Director : Drew Daywalt & David Schneider
Running Time : 96 mins

Ben McGewen (Scott) and some of his friends decide to break into a bank vault to steal a priceless statue in order to pay off his dead brother’s debt to local criminal Gregory (Phillips). As cover they hold a rave next door to the vault, using the load music as cover for the noise from their cutting equipment. Unfortunately nothing ever runs smoothly, and a number of increasingly irritating obstacles continually stand in their way.

This was actually a surprisingly good film, with Scott leading the ensemble cast admirably in a sort of teenaged Oceans Eleven. Plenty of non-stop action throughout, and some nice guest roles from the likes of Lou Diamond Phillips and Dave Foley, amongst others.

You’ll like this if you liked : Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels

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