Rush

"How far do they go before they've gone too far?"

1991 2h 0m EN

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 168

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Undercover cop Jim Raynor is a seasoned veteran. His partner, Kristen Cates, is lacking in experience, but he thinks she's tough enough to work his next case with him: a deep cover assignment to bring down the notoriously hard-to-capture drug lord Gaines. While their relationship turns romantic during the assignment, they also turn into junkies, and will have to battle their own addictions if they want to bring down Gaines once and for all.

“How far do they go before they've gone too far?”

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Cast

Jason Patric
Jim Raynor
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Kristen Cates
Sam Elliott
Dodd
Max Perlich
Walker
Gregg Allman
Gaines
William Sadler
Monroe
Tony Frank
Nettle
Special K. McCray
Willie Red

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Lili Fini Zanuck
Writers: Peter Dexter
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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35 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Lili Fini Zanuck, shot by Kenneth MacMillan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Eric Clapton. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Mark Warner shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Jason Patric and Jennifer Jason Leigh and Sam Elliott carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "How far do they go before they've gone too far?".

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IMDB entry: tt0102820 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Lili Fini Zanuck directs. Kenneth MacMillan behind the camera. Eric Clapton scores. Mark Warner cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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135 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Lili Fini Zanuck, shot by Kenneth MacMillan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Eric Clapton. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Mark Warner shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Jason Patric and Jennifer Jason Leigh and Sam Elliott carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "How far do they go before they've gone too far?".
7IMDB entry: tt0102820 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 16 themes, including "heroin", "paranoia", "texas", "cocaine".

The technical file

Cinematography: Kenneth MacMillan
Original score: Eric Clapton
Editing: Mark Warner
Production design: Paul Sylbert
Costume design: Colleen Atwood
Makeup / hair: Michael Hancock
VFX supervisor: John T. Van Vliet
Sound: Gary Rydstrom
Stunt coordinator: Ted Grossman
Runtime: 120 min · 2h 0m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $17,000,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Rush (1991)

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John Chard2016-07-31
★ 8/10
I'm going deeper underground! Rush is directed by Lili Fini Zanuck and adapted to screenplay by Peter Dexter from the Kim Wozencraft novel. It stars Jason Patric, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sam Elliott, Max Perlich and Gregg Allman. Music is by Eric Clapton and cinematography by Kenneth MacMillan. Two undercover narcotic cops get on a downward spiral that they may not return from... Set and filmed in Texas, Rush is a hot, sweaty and claustrophobic neo- noir. It maybe doesn't have the classic visual tics of yesteryear, but it has photographic style to burn - with Clapton's score suitably melancholic, which in turn is something that sits perfectly with the perpetual sense of doom that pervades the pic. Corruption and addiction lead the way, all while love tries its hardest to break on through to the other side, but we are on a bus to noirville, and noirville is an unforgiving place... Patric and Leigh are damn fine actors if given the right material to work with, and they carry this with aplomb. Sadly, Allman is a weak villain, maybe because he looks like a Rick Wakeman clone?! While under using Sam Elliott is just a plain waste. However, this deserves its place on neo-noir lists. It is deliberate in pacing, therefore asking for you to buy into the thematics at work, to let them itch your skin, but to do so has rewards, for in true noir style it doesn't chicken out once the end credits have rolled. 7.5/10

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