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Generally favorable reviews- based on 59 Ratings

  • Starring: Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell
  • Summary: It's International Elvis Week in Las Vegas, where the strip is flooded by a sea of King wannabes decked out in jumpsuits and sideburns. But five of the impersonators swaggering into the Riviera Hotel and Casino are toting heavy weaponry in their guitar cases. It's the heist of a lifetime, orchestrated by ex-con Michael (Russell) and his cunning former cellmate, Murphy (Costner). (Warner Brothers) Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 30
  2. Negative: 20 out of 30
  1. 70
    At first Costner seems to distrust the hokey character he plays, but his performance and the movie's slanted humor, rash melodrama, and ludicrous action soon become riveting.
  2. Feels much more like a very, very long, music video, albeit one made for an audience that gets off on high-tech firepower rather than nearly-naked babes.
  3. A mind-numbing, bloody, ridiculous experience.
  4. 38
    Here's a movie without an ounce of human kindness, a sour and mean-spirited enterprise so desperate to please, it tries to be a yukky comedy and a hard-boiled action picture at the same time.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 34
  3. Negative: 9 out of 34
  1. TarahD
    10
    GREAT GREAT GREAT FREAKING MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've watched over in over again in my home, and saw it twice in theaters - Blow the hell outta any thing that moves, Steal the cash, and Get the Girl - what more could you ask for? Collapse
  2. RodG.
    9
    Great action film. Ice Cube's minor role is unbelievable.
  3. Not that bad and I actually enjoyed it quite a bit. Solid acting and good action through out. Its entertaining, interesting, and well worth the watch.

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