Gun Shy Movie Review 2000

Psychiatry and organized crime collide again, but this time it's the cops in therapy. Well, one of 'em at least. Charlie (Neeson) is a burned-out DEA agent forced back undercover as a go-between for an Italian gangster (Platt) who knows he's a cliche and a Colombian drug cartel leader (Zuniga) who believes investing in bean futures is some sort of ethnic no-no. Charlie's work problems lead him to a men's therapy group and a nurse (Bullock) dubbed the "Enema Queen." Yep, it's mostly that kind of humor. The crime figures are thin, and Blakenly needs to work on his comic and scene timing, but Neeson fares pretty well. The group sessions are highlights, but the payoff isn't as big as one would hope.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 102 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Disorganized Crime, Organized Crime, Not-So-True Identity, Shrinks, Doctors & Nurses

Screenplay

Eric Blakeney

Cast

Liam Neeson, Oliver Platt, Sandra Bullock, Jose Zuniga, Richard Schiff, Andrew Lauer, Mitch Pileggi, Paul Ben-Victor, Mary McCormack, Frank Vincent, Michael Mantell, Louis Giambalvo, Gregg Daniel, Michael Delorenzo

Cinematography

Tom Richmond

Director

Eric Blakeney

Music

Rolfe Kent

Producer

Sandra Bullock, Hollywood Pictures, Fortis Films, Buena Vista