Go! | StarMovies | 07.01.2004
I remember watching this quirky three-episode tale of a drug deal gone wrong, a hit-and-run, chaos at a strip club, and a strange rave five years ago. With the rest of the Happy Fun-Loving Kids, at a 12MN showing. Not that it was a must-see movie or anything, but at that point in our lives it was like we were searching for some meaning and we would ingest anything and everything in case we find it there.
The interwoven stories begin with Ronna (Sarah Polley) taking over for part-time dealer Simon (Desmond Askew) at the grocery store where they work. Adam (Scott Wolf) and Zack (Jay Mohr) are looking to buy from Simon, but Simon has gone to Las Vegas (story of which is in the next vignette). Ronna decides to do a sideline and contacts Simon's dealer Todd (Timothy Olyphant). It's a con, though, because Adam and Zack have been coerced by Burke (William Fichtner), who then share a strange dinner with him and his wife (Jane Krakowski of Ally McBeal), which turns out to be--an Amway seminar. Polley and Fichtner shine; Katie Holmes, as Sarah's best friend Claire, is quite forgettable, though. Olyphant's turn as the drug dealer with a soft spot is also notable; however, it seems he has not been given a chance to shine in later films.
Go is a dark movie that delves in a lot of drugs and sex. However, it does so with wit, humor and creativity. The movie does not lack for pace and is quite well-made, if only as an homage to Pulp Fiction. Many scenes have been deleted, though, from the StarMovies version (as usual). Go has many twists and turns, and sometimes the plot is too outrageous for words, but then that's how this movie sums up the wheeling-and-dealing scene. The tying-up of loose ends in the last part is a bit forced, though. A movie targeted specifically at Generation X, Go cannot be termed a cautionary tale. On the second viewing, I realized this is not the type of movie you can watch over and over. However, Generation X-ers should watch it once in a long while, so that they can be reminded of those good old days.
The interwoven stories begin with Ronna (Sarah Polley) taking over for part-time dealer Simon (Desmond Askew) at the grocery store where they work. Adam (Scott Wolf) and Zack (Jay Mohr) are looking to buy from Simon, but Simon has gone to Las Vegas (story of which is in the next vignette). Ronna decides to do a sideline and contacts Simon's dealer Todd (Timothy Olyphant). It's a con, though, because Adam and Zack have been coerced by Burke (William Fichtner), who then share a strange dinner with him and his wife (Jane Krakowski of Ally McBeal), which turns out to be--an Amway seminar. Polley and Fichtner shine; Katie Holmes, as Sarah's best friend Claire, is quite forgettable, though. Olyphant's turn as the drug dealer with a soft spot is also notable; however, it seems he has not been given a chance to shine in later films.
Go is a dark movie that delves in a lot of drugs and sex. However, it does so with wit, humor and creativity. The movie does not lack for pace and is quite well-made, if only as an homage to Pulp Fiction. Many scenes have been deleted, though, from the StarMovies version (as usual). Go has many twists and turns, and sometimes the plot is too outrageous for words, but then that's how this movie sums up the wheeling-and-dealing scene. The tying-up of loose ends in the last part is a bit forced, though. A movie targeted specifically at Generation X, Go cannot be termed a cautionary tale. On the second viewing, I realized this is not the type of movie you can watch over and over. However, Generation X-ers should watch it once in a long while, so that they can be reminded of those good old days.
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