Knockaround Guys

2001
R
1h 32m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

25K

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Dennis Hopper, John Malkovich, Seth Green, Barry Pepper, and Vin Diesel in Knockaround Guys (2001)

Theatrical Trailer from New Line Home Entertainment

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Dark Comedy Crime Drama Thriller

The wannabe sons of mobsters go to a remote town in the Midwest, and get themselves into more trouble than anyone could anticipate.The wannabe sons of mobsters go to a remote town in the Midwest, and get themselves into more trouble than anyone could anticipate.The wannabe sons of mobsters go to a remote town in the Midwest, and get themselves into more trouble than anyone could anticipate.

Directors
- Brian Koppelman
- David Levien
Writers
- Brian Koppelman
- David Levien
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

25K

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Brian Koppelman
- David Levien
Writers
- Brian Koppelman
- David Levien
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations

Videos2

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Storyline

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Trivia
When Seth Green is in the plane drinking coffee, you see him wince a little - not because the coffee is hot - but because Vin Diesel had put his cigarette out in the coffee, prior to the filming of that scene.

Goofs
Teddy tosses young Matty a dime and tells him to make a call. Local Payphone calls were 25 cents in 1987.

Quotes
Taylor: 500 fights, that's the number I figured when I was a kid. 500 street fights and you could consider yourself a legitimate tough guy. You need them for experience. To develop leather skin. So I got started. Of course along the way you stop thinking about being tough and all that. It stops being the point. You get past the silliness of it all. But then, after, you realize that's what you are.

Alternate versions
An alternate ending was shot after test audiences disliked the original one.

Connections
Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Vin Diesel Moments (2013)

Soundtracks
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
Written by Marvin Gaye and James Nyx
Performed by Marvin Gaye
Courtesy of Motown Record Company, L.P.
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

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Review

Featured review

Mobsters sons wish for the freedom & glamorous lifestyle their fathers had.

Loved this movie! It's the type of movie you'd want to see more than once; so much of the humor is so subtle that it's easily missed. Deals w/ the next generation of baby mobsters, & how much has changed since "back in the day". Performances by Pepper, Davoli & Green have a surprising depth; their characters are so immediately recognizable that it's almost scary. As a strong Diesel fan, I have no complaints at all about the Taylor Reese character. Diesel's moody acceptance of his position in life & his lack of options, is gloomy, but believable. The strong point of the film is the loyalty & love the characters have for each other. It gives a true nobility to characters who mainly live outside the law.

See it twice. No, three times!

rating: 8 out of 10 (Okay, I really mean 9!)