Gunmen (1994)
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15% of critics liked it
(13 reviews) -
28% of users liked it
(2,058 ratings)
This film opens with a big fat close-up of a sweaty prisoner with a fly (on a string) crawling on his face. The prisoner quickly pops the fly in his mouth and spits it out. Then he leeringly laughs about it to the prisoner next door. Nope. This is not a bad undiscovered Sergio Leone spaghetti… More This film opens with a big fat close-up of a sweaty prisoner with a fly (on a string) crawling on his face. The prisoner quickly pops the fly in his mouth and spits it out. Then he leeringly laughs about it to the prisoner next door. Nope. This is not a bad undiscovered Sergio Leone spaghetti western. Rather it is the opening shot Deran Sarafin's Gunmen -- a brainless action film without an original thought in its head. Christopher Lambert is the fly-eater, a man named Dani Servigo, the brother of a dead smuggler and a prisoner in a South American jail, who holds the secret to the whereabouts of $400,000 in stolen drug money. The walls of the prison explode, and Cole Parker (Mario Van Pebbles) makes his entrance. Cole is a mercenary working with the DEA who is in this South American hellhole to mop up the drug traders and to avenge his father's death at the hands of the drug traders. He wants Dani to lead him to the gold. In this love-hate buddy film, the two thrown-together friends/enemies race through the Amazon jungle with ruthless assassins in pursuit, as they all gravitate towards the secret stash of money. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Deran Sarafian
- Written By
- Stephen Sommers
- Genres
- Action & Adventure
R,
- In Theaters
- Jun 1, 1993 Wide
- Studio
- Live Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, Variety
A routine, vacuous actioner that tries to mix thrills with humor.
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, Time Out
Sarafian is an unpretentious, easy-to-please director, with an eye for quirky character detail and a dab hand at the macho stuff.
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Caryn James, New York Times
[A] witless action movie.
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David Mills, Washington Post
Gunmen, at the very least, does moviegoers the favor of instantly revealing how stupid and cheesy it is, thus sparing us the elevated expectations of fun.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Gunmen is a movie without plan, inspiration or originality - and to that list I would add coherence, except that I am not sure this movie would place much value on a plot that hangs together.
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Cast
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Christopher Lambert
as Dani Servigo
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Mario Van Peebles
as Cole Parker
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Denis Leary
as Armor O'Malley
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Patrick Stewart
as Loomis
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Kadeem Hardison
as Izzy
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Sally Kirkland
as Bennett
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Richard C. Sarafian
as Chief Chavez
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Robert Harper
as Rance
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Brenda Bakke
as Maria
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Dr. Dre
as Himself
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Miguel Ángel Fuentes
as Manolo
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Big Daddy Kane
as Himself
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Ed Lover
as Himself
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Christopher Michael
as Rhodes
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Andaluz Russell
as Guzman's Wife
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Rakim
as Himself
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Deran Sarafian
as Bishop
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Charles Stewart
as Knife Grinder
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Humberto Elizondo
as Guzman
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George Parra
as Rebel Leader
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Rena Riffel
as Loomis' Bride
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Christopher Williams
as Special Appearance
- James Chalke
