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It begins with the buzz: Vic's getting out. Vic is the boss of bosses, capo di tutti, but he's been out of commission--locked up in a mental institution. His chief enforcer, Brass Balls Ben London, ha...( read more  read more... )s been keeping an eye on the operation in his absence. He's a motor-mouthed overdose of testosterone about to implode. Vic's right-hand man, super-cool Mickey Holliday, has been keeping more than his eye on the boss' girlfriend, the sublime Grace Everly, all the while two-timing her sister, the fiery Rita. Vic's been away. Now he needs to get the balance back, clean up the outfit, eliminate his rivals... and he must reclaim Grace. Welcome to Vic's world, where there's always time for another round of ammunition (cocktails or cartridges), where life is in limbo--a smoky nightlife spent in hotspots like The Rough House, La Difference and the DNA Club. And everybody is trigger happy.

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R, 1 hr. 32 min.

Directed by: Larry Bishop

Release Date: November 8, 1996

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DVD Release Date: March 2, 2004

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  • bradwest
    January 29, 2009
    bradwest
    This is one of those facinating train wrecks where you wonder how it got the cast and got made. Larry Bishop is Joey Bishop's kid, so I guess he's connected.

    What does he decide to do with that? Make a kinda/sorta update/tribute to rat pack films. (Not my choice, but I find th...( read more)is more interesting than the Ocean's series.)

    There's a convoluted story about a gangster boss coming back from a stay at the looney bin and the hitman that's been running the operation in his absence. (??!!)

    It's got some OK performances from Diane Lane, Ellen Barkin and Richard Dreyfuss. Then there's some way out there stuff from Kyle MacLachlan and Gabriel Byrne. Somewhere in the middle is Jeff Goldblum looking like he might nod out from ludes at any minute, but trying to stay awake long enough to say his lines.

    It's all put together so bizarrely that you can't look away. You can't believe the names associated with this and you spend as much time wondering how much they got paid and who ponied up the money? Your brain is more keen to know the behind the scenes story than the one being presented. Still, I'm curious enough to still want to see his next effort currently available: Hell Riders.
  • flynnparadox
    September 28, 2006
    flynnparadox
    An extraordinarily bad crime movie that almost must be seen to be believed. SO MANY good actors are completely wasted in scene after scene of badly-written, trying-to-be-funny nonsense. Truly awful.
  • 9lives353
    April 27, 2008
    9lives353
    Mickey Holliday (Goldblum) is as cool as you like. He's quick on the trigger, he's a hit with the ladies and he's got style coming out his ears. Unfortunately for him, he has been a hit with the wrong lady - his boss' girl, Grace Everley (Diane Lane - "Knight Moves"). His gangste...( read more)r boss, Vic (Dreyfuss - "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "Stakeout", "Lost in Yonkers") is getting out of prison (well, more specifically the nuthouse) in a couple of days and he is none too happy with the antics of Mickey. Pulling the strings in Vic's absence is motormouth, Ben London (Byrne - "Millers Crossing", "The Usual Suspects") who tends to believe in his own abilities a little more than everyone else does. He warns Mickey of what is going to happen when Vic gets out.

    But Mickey says that he is finished with Grace and is instead involved with her sister, Rita (Ellen Barkin - "Sea of Love", "The Fan"). Mickey makes ready cash on the side by challenging other trigger-happy gangsters to a shoot-out normally arranged by his mentor, Jules Flamingo (Gregory Hines). Some of the other gunslingers looking to take over from Holliday include Lee Turner (former British rocker, Billy Idol) and Nicholas Falco (Christopher Jones). Fellow gnagsters Jake Parker (Kyle McLacLachlan) and Jacky Jackson (Burt Reynolds) are keen to eliminate Mickey in order to get closer to Vic's empire.

    "Trigger Happy" (aka "Mad Dog Time") delivers a host of extravagant colourful characters and places them in tense and comic situations, sometimes simultaneously. Infact "Trigger Happy" is probably one of those films that could purport to be a jack of all trades and be a master of none. The jokes are at times, frankly, sad. For example, the snappy dialogue which includes the Vic, Mick (Mickey) and Nick (Nicholas Falco) names in quick succession and plays it as a 'joke' is very lacking. But on the other side there are some excellent one-liners from the witty Ben London.

    Goldblum is very smooth here, Dreyfuss is his usual qualty self, Diane Lane and Ellen Barkin are very sexy. Enjoyable stuff for sure but not everyone's cup of tea, I wouldn't think.
  • FlyingSolo2009
    December 17, 2007
    FlyingSolo2009
    This just looks like another unoriginal mafia/mob type movie. I'm not a big fan. Since this has nothing good going for it, I opted out of watching it.
  • Nightbaneinferno
    May 28, 2007
    Nightbaneinferno
    it has the flare of a gangster movie and the comedy of a play..it's unique and old fashion i like it
  • Violisa
    March 25, 2007
    Violisa
    Kind of bizarre. Not for everyone. Dark and quirky humor. But I liked it.
  • eh4ever2000
    February 23, 2007
    eh4ever2000
    Not my kind of movie, but Billy Idol has a cameo.
  • jessicajeff1982
    February 13, 2007
    jessicajeff1982
    This one was so-so But of coarse I dont care cause Jeff is HOTTT in this movie like always
  • nanoqna
    January 4, 2007
    nanoqna
    i love tihs movie. the characters are good and the dialogue is really funny and the acting is good!

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The first movie I have seen that does not improve on the sight of a blank screen viewed for the same length of time. full review

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