The Big Bang (2011)
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13% of critics liked it
(15 reviews) -
26% of users liked it
(1,369 ratings)
Late one night, Los Angeles private investigator, Ned Cruz (Antonio Banderas) gets a visit from a recently paroled Russian boxer with an intriguing job offer: find Lexie, his missing girlfriend-and the 30-million dollar stash of diamonds she's hiding. As Detective Cruz sets out to find her, the… More Late one night, Los Angeles private investigator, Ned Cruz (Antonio Banderas) gets a visit from a recently paroled Russian boxer with an intriguing job offer: find Lexie, his missing girlfriend-and the 30-million dollar stash of diamonds she's hiding. As Detective Cruz sets out to find her, the clues send him into the city's seediest corners, from a Hollywood action star with a dirty little secret (James Van Der Beek), to an enterprising porn producer who takes a personal interest in his own work (Snoop Dogg), and a kinky waitress with an unusual fetish for particle physics (Autumn Reeser). Lexie proves to be as elusive as she is beautiful and Cruz becomes obsessed with finding her. With time running out, Cruz discovers the trail leads to reclusive billionaire (Sam Elliott), and his physicist (Jimmi Simpson), intent on recreating The Big Bang underneath the New Mexico desert. Tailed by a trio of cops also looking to find the missing diamonds, and with the body count piling up, Cruz soon realizes that what appeared to be a standard missing person's case is anything but, and could quite possibly bring about the end of the world as we know it. --(c) Anchor Bay
- Directed By
- Tony Krantz
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense
- In Theaters
- May 13, 2011 Limited
- On DVD
- May 24, 2011
- Studio
- Independent Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Where else can you see a movie where a sexy waitress says, "Reality is just a wave function"?
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Kyle Smith, New York Post
For a noir, the film is way too talky and convoluted, yet for a physics lesson, it's trash.
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Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Is Antonio Banderas's career really such a big bust? On the one hand, it's a shame to see a talented guy slumming in this budget-bin thriller. On the other, it'd be entirely unwatchable without him.
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Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times
Even with Antonio Banderas leading a cast of familiar faces, the movie never rises above a style-over-substance exercise.
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Stephen Holden, New York Times
I have a mental picture of the film's creators, stoned out of their minds on who knows what, cackling crazily as they outline a movie that would have more appropriately been titled "The Big Goof."
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Cast
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Antonio Banderas
as Ned Cruz
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Sienna Guillory
as Julie Kestral/Lexie Persimmon
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James Van Der Beek
as Adam Nova
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Snoop Dogg
as Puss
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Autumn Reeser
as Fay Neman
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Sam Elliott
as Simon Kestral
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Jimmi Simpson
as Niels Geck
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Thomas Kretschmann
as Frizer
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William Fichtner
as Poley
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Robert Maillet
as Anton "The Pro" Protopov
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Delroy Lindo
as Skeres
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Bill Duke
as Drummer
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Rebecca Mader
as Zooey Wigner
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Robert Ernie Lee
as Russell
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Rachel Handler
as Minkowski's Stripper
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Sean Cook
as Bartender
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Tracy Culp
as Female Porn Star
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Khanh Doan
as Mail Carrier
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Anthony Holmes
as Jazz Band Member
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Keith MacGeagh
as Sikh
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Lindel Reason
as Jazz Band Member
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Carlos Verde, Jr.
as Jazz Band Member
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Al Martinez
as Janitor
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Chandra Bailey
as Stripper in Minkowski's
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Janelle Hoffmeister
as Stripper in Minkowski's
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Kristi Klicker
as Stripper in Minkowski's
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Katrina McKinley
as Stripper in Minkowski's
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Adrienne Thommes
as Stripper in Minkowski's
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Bill Marlowe
as Skinny Faddeey
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Devin Barber
as Russian Orthodox Priest
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William Baker
as Mourner
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Rick Ehrenstrasser
as Mourner
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Robert Martin
as LAPD Cop
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Donald Holmes
as Mourner
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Sandra Kidd
as Mourner
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Michael Mossuto
as Mourner
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Florence Moyle
as Mourner
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Jim Short
as Mourner
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Sandra Sicilia
as Mourner
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John Pritchard
as Male Porn Star
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Shane Rice
as Male Porn Star
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Klaus Dieter Bange
as Camera Man
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Vance Auroro
as Boom Operator
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Reece Pearson
as Clapper Guy
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Jason Penrod
as Man in White Robe
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Tye Scott
as Man in White Robe
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Nancy Gasper
as Nurse
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Brent Schneider
as Hospital Intern
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Courtney Yarber
as Hospital Intern
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Laura Van Der Lind
as Kepler's Waitress
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Lance Ortega
as Sikh in Planck's Cafe
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Laynee Busse
as Planck's Cafe Waitress
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Mike Molan
as Warden
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Brad Hollibaugh
as Prison Guard
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Balkar Singh
as Sikh in Collider
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Darbara Singh
as Sikh in Collider
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Amandeep Kaur
as Hindu Woman