Like "Hillary and Jackie", "Lovers of the Arctic
Circle" and even "Pulp Fiction"; "GO" tells
the same story from more than one perspective --
three in fact. Each perspective is carefully titled
(ie: screen goes black, name of character whose point
of view is to be portrayed appears in white). I find
this a bit patronizing, I'd rather the filmmakers
just thrust us into the next perspective and let us
figure it out. I'd appreciate that momentary
confusion.
"GO" depicts the fumbling side of the underworld,
with believable foul-ups that include graphic
un-glorified violence and stumblingly fun dialogue.
This being the genre of "Pulp Fiction," and more
recently, "Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels."
In the "GO" story a young teen grocery cashier
short on cash plays drug dealer for the night. She
and her friends get in way over their heads.
Perspective one: Ronna (Sarah Polley) decides to
act as replacement for her drug-dealing friend Simon
who has taken off to Las Vegas for the Weekend. I did
not like this soulless character. I did not Polley's
acting. I did not like this third of the movie, Sam I
am.
Perspective two: Simon (Desmond Askew) weasels his
buddy Marcus (Taye Diggs) into a violent predicament
with two Las Vegas thugs. The interplay between the
two is quite entertaining. One of the best clips of
dialogue plays in the preview. Marcus cuts off
Simon's black-blooded boasting with, "If you were any
more white you'd be clear!"
Perspective three: Adam (Scott Wolf) and Zack (Jay
Mohr) are con men recruited by an oddball detective
to entrap Simon (or in this case -- Ronna).
Though I nearly walked out of this film during the
first telling of the story -- the second and third
perspectives were extremely entertaining and very
cleverly intertwined.
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