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Guncrazy

- Love made them crazy. Guns made them outlaws.

California teen Anita Minteer struggles in the face of an absentee mother, her mom's abusive boyfriend, Rooney, and a lack of respect from her classmates. This all changes when a pen-pal school project connects her with convict Howard. Anita secures Howard's parole and violently squares off against Rooney after he rapes her. Soon enough, the gun-crazy teen is on the run with Howard, with his parole officer in pursuit.

Release Date : 1992-09-11

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Zeta EntertainmentFirst Look Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Anita

Original Name : Drew Barrymore

Gender : Female

Character Name : Howard

Original Name : James Le Gros

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hank

Original Name : Billy Drago

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tom

Original Name : Rodney Harvey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rooney

Original Name : Joe Dallesandro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Kincaid

Original Name : Michael Ironside

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Sheets

Original Name : Robert Greenberg

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bill

Original Name : Jeremy Davies

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chuck

Original Name : Dan Eisenstein

Gender : Male

Character Name : School Girl

Original Name : Willow Tipton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joy

Original Name : Ione Skye

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sally

Original Name : James Oseland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guard

Original Name : Thomas E. Weyer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Parole Officer #1

Original Name : Tom Smith-Alden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Parole Officer #2

Original Name : James Wheaton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Parole Officer #3

Original Name : Gerald Lynn Walker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Parishioner

Original Name : Ida Lee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Crazy Larry

Original Name : Lawrence Steven Meyers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clyde

Original Name : Herb Weld

Gender : Male

Character Name : Susan

Original Name : Lee Mary Weilnau

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sheriff

Original Name : Dick Warlock

Gender : Male

Character Name : Patient

Original Name : Neal Jano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman with Dog

Original Name : Jaid Barrymore

Gender : Female

Character Name : Elton

Original Name : Tracey Walter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joe

Original Name : Roger Jackson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waitress

Original Name : Sally Norvell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man at Mall

Original Name : Paul Janossy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer at Fountain

Original Name : Billy Bates

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ed Hopper

Original Name : Zane W. Levitt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tow Truck Driver

Original Name : William L. Nagle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soda Pop

Original Name : Leo Lee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ruby the Prostitute

Original Name : Rowena Guinness

Gender : Male

Character Name : Howard's Dad

Original Name : Harrison Young

Gender : Male

Character Name : News Reporter

Original Name : Diane Firestone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer Frank

Original Name : Michael Franco

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer with Bullhorn

Original Name : Ray Bickel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Damian

Original Name : Damon R. Jones

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Sex Pistols Part II Guncrazy is directed by Tamra Davis and written by Matthew Bright. It stars Drew Barrymore, James Legros, Ione Skye, Michael Ironside, Joe Dallesandro and Billy Drago. Music is by Ed Tomney and cinematography by Lisa Rinzer. "Love made them crazy. Guns made them outlaws!" High schooler Anita Minteer (Barrymore) is abused at home and at school and by so called friends. Seeking some sort of solace, she befriends - via letters - a convict named Howard (Legros). When Howard is paroled, the pair hook up and quickly find a loving bond. A bond that also involves a passion for guns... In spite of reports in some quarters, this is not a remake of Joseph H. Lewis' superb film noir of the same name (though the words gun and crazy are separated there) from 1950. Whilst it's also worth mentioning that it's not a knock-off of Bonnie and Clyde (outstanding and trailblazing pic for sure), because for that to be the case we would have to ignore the fact that Lewis' film, and the likes of They Live by Night (Nicolas Ray - 1948) , were not key influences and big movers in the lovers on the lam splinter of noir. It is of course, an amalgamation of said influences, and despite a relatively average rating on the big internet movie sites, this is a neo-noir well worth seeking out for those so inclined. Students of classic era film noir can't but help to be pulled in by the many deviance's at work, themes involving sexual abuse, promiscuity, impotence, alienation, prostitution and foolish love, the latter pitching a classic noir character into a vortex from which they in all probability know they can't return from. It's not that Anita is a femme fatale, because she's so young and isn't written as a viper type, it's that her youthful ignorance, her teenage hormones tortured by a torrid upbringing, is enough for Howard to grasp onto as a semblance of normality. They are both fools, but honest with it, it's the classic romanticised dream going sour. Again, a classic film noir trait. Visually there is much to recommend here. The use of slatted shadows and balustrade is cunning and nods appreciatively to influences past, the inference obviously that Howard may be out of prison, but he's still behind bars. Davis throws in a number of striking scenes, a camera shot looking out as a grave is dug, our lovers close and personal (sexy) as they shoot guns, and the finale has a sad grace that, "again," noir lovers can appreciate. Matthew Bright's screenplay also has black comedy elements, the script devious with Freudian smarts, while the cast turn in performances worthy of the form. OK! So this formula has been done better before, and yes we want more of Ironside and Drago (wonderful characters), and this may have underwhelmed those after a gun crazy action thriller - while Barrymore fans back in the day may have been bemused - but it's a very smart and neatly constructed neo-noir. 7.5/10